World War 2 Causes
Japan, Germany, Italy
Surprise invasion and battle in France that killed thousands of soldiers at a beach
Normandy (D-Day)
What were people doing at home to help during the war?
Rationing food, victory gardens, war bonds, scrap drives
What were the two places the US dropped bombs on in Japan?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The genocide of European Jews and other groups by the Nazis during World War II
The Holocaust
Where were people of Japanese decent sent in the U.S.?
Internment camps
Granting potential enemy’s wishes in order to avoid conflict
eg The Munich Agreement
Appeasement
Who was President of the US in WW2
Roosevelt
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
Propaganda
What two battles led Truman to drop atomic bombs?
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
What was the purpose of the concentration camps?
To imprison and murder Jews. political dissidents, people with disabilities, gypsies and homosexuals
Who was the General who led the U.S. military during the fight with Japan?
September 1, 1939 Hitler invades this country officially beginning WW2
Poland
Attack on US Naval Base in Hawaii.
Pearl Harbor
How did life change significantly for women?
They filled in jobs that men usually filled during World War 2
What battle weekend the Japanese fleet?
Midway
What was the name of the project that led to the creation of the atomic bombs?
The Manhatten Project
Name 3 Allies in WW2
USA, UK, Soviet Union, France
A peace agreement signed in 1919 that ended World War I and required Germany to give up 10% of its European territory, give up all of its overseas colonies, pay reparations to the Allies, and demilitarize their army.
The Treaty of: a) Versailles b) Arnhem c) Paris
Treaty of Versailles
When was the Attack on Pearl Harbor?
December 7, 1941
What was the name of the black American pilots during WWII?
Tuskegee Airmen
What was Rosie the Riveter tier?
name for women who worked in factories
What two strategies did the U.S. use to clear Islands the Japanese conquered?
2-progned strategy and island hopping
Who was the 442nd Infantry in the U.S. Army?
Japanese Soldiers
A form of nationalism and fascism, this type of government was based on racial hatred and committed violent hatred toward Jews.
Nazism
Select the two cities the U.S. DID NOT use nuclear weapons on to force Japan into unconditional surrender to end WWII.
A. Hiroshima
B. Tokyo
C. Nagasaki
D. Osaka
B. Tokyo
D. Osaka
What was the order number that sent people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps?
Executive order 9066
This day celebrated Japan surrendering
VJ Day
Who created the atomic bomb?
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Name 3 Dictators.
Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin