Events Leading to War
The US passed this law to make sure there were enough soldiers in the military in case the US joined the War
Selective Service Act
The government encouraged and forced civilians to do this, which is to reduce consumption in order to make sure there was enough food, resources and supplies for the war effort
ration/rationing
Who did the Tuskegee Airmen have to give up their train seats to in the film?
German Prisoners of War
Towards the end of the War in Europe, President Roosevelt died and was replaced by this man, Roosevelt's Vice President
Harry Truman
This was the name for the secret atomic program of the United States
Manhattan Project
Some historians argue that this country was treated too harshly by the Treaty of Versailles
Germany
This was the iconic fictional person that represented female industrial workers during WW2 in posters and in songs
Rosie the Riveter
What group of African-Americans was the primary target of racial violence including lynching in the late 1800s to the mid-1900s?
Military Veterans
What was the name for the Allies plan to invade and retake France from the Germans, thus opening up a Western Front in Europe?
Operation Overlord
This was the overall strategy of the United States against Japan in the Pacific Theater that led the US towards Japan and the Philippines
Island Hopping
France and Britain waited until Germany invaded this country in 1939 to declare War
Poland
This statistic fell dramatically during the War, showing that the wartime economy was lifting the US out of the Great Depression
Unemployment Rate
In the reading we did about a Japanese girl who was in an internment camp, she described using this for pillows and mattresses
straw
This was the strategic grouping of merchant ships and battleships for protection against German submarines in the Battle of the Atlantic
Convoys
This is the Japanese name for bomb-affected people, those who survived with terrible injuries, mutilations and sicknesses from the atomic attacks
Hibakusha
What were the laws called that United States passed that limited US support of warring countries?
Neutrality Acts
This is name for a loan that citizens give to the government. It is one of the main ways the US funded the War.
War Bonds
This was the executive order that created Japanese internment camps, or the imprisonment of Japanese Americans based on their ethnicity
Executive Order 9066
After this important battle in Russia, Germany was on the defensive and forced to continue to retreat back to Germany's borders
Battle of Stalingrad
In which state was the first atomic bomb successfully tested?
New Mexico
When the British ran out of money, the US passed this Act to allow shipment of US goods to the Allies
Lend Lease Act
The United States created this organization to help with the creation of war supplies including weapons and ships
War Productions Board
Young rebellious Mexican Americans and US Sailors clashed on the streets of Los Angeles in these riots during WW2
Zoot Suit Riots
Which country in Europe did the US want to invade abd defeat first, before opening up a Western Front?
Italy
The United States sent Japan this document which told Japan if they did not surrender unconditionally they would be destroyed
Potsdam Declaration