World War 2 Causes
The three countries originally in the Axis Powers
Japan, Germany, Italy
US foreign policy in the 1930's was...
Neutrality or Isolationism
Name of the African American campaign to defeat racism at home and Axis abroad
"Double V" campaign
The two cities we dropped bombs on in Japan
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Leader of the Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Granting Germany control of Austria and Western Czechoslovakia(Sudentenland)
Appeasement, 1938
Date of D-Day
June 6,1944
Presidents during World War 2
FDR, and Truman
Year that World War II ended
1945
On the "Ostfront" these are three Soviet cities which Germany attacked in 1941-43
Leningrad, Moscow, Stalingrad
September 1, 1939 Hitler invades officially beginning WW2
Poland
"A date which will live in infamy"...FDR
Pearl Harbor 12/7/1941
What was "Rosie the Riveter"?
1945 battle in the Pacific where the Americans had the highest losses of the war
Okinawa
The Lend-Lease Act during World War II provided military and financial aid to this country
Great Britain
Treaty from World War I that led to World War II?
Treaty of Versailles
Amercan forces in this location were tortured by the victorious Japanese on the infamous Bataan Death March
Where was the Phillippines?
Japanese Americans were put into incarceration camps because of this presidential order:
Executive Order 9066
Name of the location near Berlin where the allies warned Japan to "unconditionally surrender" or face destruction
What was Potsdam, Germany
Japanese pilots, dedicated to Bushido Code, used their planes as weapons against the U.S. Navy
What were Kamikazes?
"If France had then marched into the Rhineland(in ____), we would have had to withdraw with our tails between our legs."
Who said this?
When(year)?
Who is A. Hitler explaining how he was emboldened by appeasement in 1936
"We'll win this war by showing the Germans we have more guts than they have"
Who said this?
General George S. Patton
Program to recruit Mexican Laborers for farms and railways
Bracero Program
American planes sank four Japanese aircraft carriers in this turning point battle in the Pacific
Battle?
Year?
Battle of Midway
1942
These Marines made an important contribution to the Pacific war effort by encoding military communication in their own language
Who are the Navajo Code Talkers