People of World War II
Some more People of World War II
Stuff you didnt know about World War II
The New Deal
Economic Policy
100
General of the U.S. Army in the Pacific (Island Hopping)
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
100
Acted as Chief of Staff for President Roosevelt and the "Organizer of Victory." Supplied an army of 8 million men and helped oversee the creation of the first atomic bomb.
Who is George Marshall?
100
U.S. effectively ends Japan's superior strength in the Pacific Ocean (halted Japan's advances in the Pacific)
What is Battle of Midway?
100
Tennessee Valley Authority (1933), Securities and Exchange Commission (1934), National Labor Relations Act (1935), and Social Security Act (1935)
What is Reform?
100
First female member of the U.S. Cabinet (Secretary of Labor)
Who is Frances Perkins?
200
Commander of the Invasion of Normandy (D-Day)
Who is Dwight Einsenhower?
200
Led the first American army to land in France during the invasion of Normandy
Who is Omar Bradley?
200
Citizens were encouraged to these in order to help pay for the war and reduce inflation
What are War Bonds?
200
Federal Emergency Relief Act (1933), civilian Conservation Corps (1933), Public Works Administration (1933), and Works Progress Administration (1935)
What is Relief?
200
A plan proposed by President Roosevelt to appoint an additional Justice of the Court for each over the age of 70 1/2
What is Court-Packing?
300
Commander of the U.S. Pacific fleet
Who is Chester A. Nimitz?
300
African-American fighter group in the Air Corps
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
300
Order permitted military commanders to require Japanese Americans to relocate to interior internment camps away from Western coastal regions
What is Executive Order 9066?
300
National Recovery Administration (1933) and Agricultural Adjustment Acts
What is Recovery?
300
Printed paper currency which has no value except when it is accepted as a medium of exchange
What is Fiat Money?
400
Commander of the 3rd Army and led forces that invaded North Africa and Sicily
Who is George Patton?
400
A group of American volunteer fighter pilots that were recruited to send supplies and to engage in combat with Japanese pilots
Who are the Flying Tigers?
400
Regulating the amount of goods a consumer can obtain.
What is Rationing?
400
Provided workers with unemployment insurance, old age pensions, and insurance if they died early
What is Social Security?
400
Government's ability to control the amount of money in the economy
What is Monetary Policy?
500
One of the first African-American to see combat in WWII
Who is Vernon J. Baker?
500
Leader of the facist party that took power in Italy in 1922
Who is Benito Mussolini?
500
Policy of giving into satisfy the demands of a potential enemy
What is Appeasement?
500
Created to watch over the stock market, prevent fraud, and guard against another stock market crash
What is Securities and Exchange Commission?
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