The Bad Guys
Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, and Tojo
Who are dictators during WWII?
This event caused allied Britain and France to declare war on Germany.
What is Germany invading Poland?
Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States formed an alliance
Who are the Allied Powers?
This event had the greatest influence on the U.S. entering the war.
What is Japan bombing the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor?
Served in segregated military units including the Tuskegee Airmen, migrated to the North and the Pacific coast to work in wartime industry jobs, roles played during the war helped to lay the foundation for the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
Who were African Americans?
Dictators in Germany, Italy, and Japan formed an alliance.
What are the Axis Powers?
This event was significant because it was the first time when Hitler's plans of conquest were foiled.
What was the Battle of Britain?
Two strategies used by the Allied Powers to stop the Axis Powers in Europe.
What are heavy bombing raids on Germany and landings of ground troops?
The United States used this military strategy to defeat the Japanese in the Pacific.
What is island-hopping?
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, this people group were relocated to guarded internment camps because their loyalty to the U.S. was questioned.
Who were Japanese Americans?
His goals were to avenge Germany and take over Europe, if not the world.
Who is Hitler?
This map of WWII in Europe shows
See picture of map
What are the German advances in Europe?
These men played an important role during WWII.
See photo.
Who are the leaders of the Allied Powers?
Reason President Truman gave for ordering the dropping of the atomic bomb.
What is to avoid a large number of American casualties in an invasion of Japan?
Three to four ways in which Americans supported the war effort during WWII.
What are recycling with scrap drives, planting victory gardens, using ration books, and women working in factories?
This country's goal was to establish control of the Far East.
Who is Japan?
This event provided a second front against the Germans in the west, some relief for the Russian troops, and led to eventual surrender of the Axis Powers in Europe.
What is the Invasion of Normandy on D-Day?
European leaders tried to avoid war and responded to Germany's aggression with this policy.
What is appeasement?
This event caused Japan to surrender, bringing an end to WWII.
What is the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and then two days later another atomic bomb on Nagasaki?
Impact of WWII on the Great Depression in the United States.
What is bringing an end to the Depression by creating wartime jobs?
Led to the rise of dictators in Germany and Italy
What are the effects of a world-wide Depression?
Free the Mediterranean Sea from German control, protect the oil fields in the Middle East, and take some pressure off the invasion of USSR by Germany
What are reasons for Operation Torch in North Africa?
Although President Roosevelt tried to help the allied countries by sending supplies, Congress passed laws requiring the U.S. to maintain this policy.
What is neutrality?
Impact on Germany after the war.
What is Germany being divided into four zones and occupied by Allied Powers?
Four areas of important developments that had an impact on WWII and on the economy of the U.S. during and after the war.
What are technology, aviation, weaponry, and communication?