Origins of U.S. Involvement
A program where the U.S. supplied Allied nations with food, oil, and materiel between 1941 and 1945.
What was the Lend-Lease Act?
A decisive naval battle in June 1942 where the U.S. defeated the Japanese navy, turning the tide in the Pacific.
What was the Battle of Midway,
The process of organizing a nation's resources for war.
War Mobilization
An order that authorized the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.
The Allied invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944.
D Day
Which president signed the Lend-Lease Act into law?
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
What secret project developed the atomic bomb?
The Manhattan Project.
Limiting the amount of goods people can buy to ensure supplies for the military
rationing
What law was passed to grant the president broad authority to use military force.
War Powers Act
Who was the Supreme Allied Commander during D-Day?
Dwight D Eisenhower
What event occured on December 7, 1941?
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
On what Japanese cities were the atomic bombs dropped?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
What was the symbol for women taking on jobs traditionally out of their reach, to contribute to the war effort on the home front?
Rosie the Riveter
Camps where Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated and confined during WWII.
Japanese American Intenment Camps
What was the codename for the Normandy invasion?
Operation Overlord
What were the two nations who were the primary recipients of US aid under the Lend Lease Act?
UK and Soviet Union
Which U.S. general accepted the Japanese surrender?
General Douglas MacArthur.
Who threatened a million man march on Washington during WWII to protest for African American rights?
A Philip Randolph
What person close to FDR advocated for civil rights and humanitarian efforts?
Eleanor Roosevelt
Germany’s last major offensive, aiming to split the Allied forces.
Battle of the Bulge
What phrase did President Roosevelt use to describe the day of the Pearl Harbor attack?
"A date which will live in infamy."
Name for pilots and planes that crashed intentionally in WWII?
Kamikaze
What Executive order banned racial deiscrimination in defense jobs?
Executive order 8802
Japanese internment was begun following what event?
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
During World War II, this government program was implemented to ensure that essential goods were available for the military and to prevent inflation by controlling civilian consumption. It limited the amount of various items that people could buy, such as gasoline, rubber, and food.
Rationing