Military Action
Event that caused Great Britain to declare war against Germany triggering the official start of WWII. (event and year)
What is the invasion of Poland in 1939?
U.S. government project that worked on developing the atomic bomb to be first dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. Kept a secret from Soviet Union.
What is the Manhattan Project?
U.S. President that made the decision to drop the atomic bomb in Japan.
Who is Harry Truman?
The concrete barrier that marked the ideological conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate spheres of influence from 1961-1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This battle (must give name + date) was the beginning of the end of the war in Europe, although there was still about a year of fighting left in that theater.
What is D-day on June 6, 1944?
Yielding to an enemy's demands in the hope of maintaining peace. This happened with Hitler's demands for territory lost in the Treaty of Versailles.
What is appeasement?
As industry shifted from consumer to wartime production, many goods like clothing, sugar, meat, rubber, and gasoline became scarce. Americans received coupon books that limited their purchases in s system called ________.
What is rationing?
THE USSR successfully tested an atomic bomb in this year, the same year that China became a Communist nation.
What is 1949?
U.S. promise to assist any nation threatened by communist takeover, first applied to Greece and Turkey.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
First combat action for U.S. forces took place here, the "soft underbelly."
What is North Africa?
This is a political concept that holds that a strong centralized state is the only way to protect citizens from the chaos of democracy
What is totalitarianism/authoritarianism?
FDR pushed these 2 policies aimed at supporting the Allies by finding loopholes in the Neutrality Acts. These ramped up US industries and ended the Great Depression.
What are Cash and Carry (1939) and Lend-Lease (1941)?
A U.S. initiative enacted in 1948 to provide economic aid to Western European countries after World War II, aiming to rebuild their economies and prevent the spread of communism
What is the Marshall Plan?
The reasons Japanese leaders decided to attack Pearl Harbor. (must provide 3)
Preemptive attack because they planned to invade British and Dutch-controlled areas in Asia, US trade embargo and sanctions, US demanded Japanese retreat from China, thought US Pacific fleet was present, they invented new torpedo technology to deal with shallow harbor
Identify one thing that the Neutrality Proclamations of the mid-1930s required as WW2 was brewing.
What is, No American could legally sail on a belligerent ship , No selling or transporting munitions to a belligerent, No loans to a belligerent?
What executive order led to the internment of Japanese Americans during the war?
What is Executive Order 9066, which was based on the Enemies Act of 1798?
These are at least 4 features of the Cold War.
What are: Threats/Propaganda/Military build-up/Proxy Wars /Espionage/ Race in Science?
This is one organization or plan that was formed during the Bretton Woods Conference.
What is the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, or GATT (General Agreement Tariffs + Trade)-- global reduction in trade barriers?
Victory in these 2 battles in early 1945 was so costly that the U.S. decided on an alternative to Island Hopping.
What is Iwo Jima (March) and Okinawa (April to June)?
Taking place in 1937, this was one of FDR's first attempts to get action from Congress in response to the actions of the Axis Powers.
What was the "Quarantine Speech" that called for consequences: sanctions/embargo as a way to isolate aggressive countries?
During World War II six million women served in non-traditional jobs in the defense industries. These women later came to be known as this based upon a popular song from 1943 about a women building planes during the war.
What are "Rosies?" (Based on Rosie the Riviter)
Name 5 of the "Cold War" Presidents.
Who are: Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, or Bush 1
What is the Battle of Midway?