US
The term for close range air battles during WW2 was?
Dogfights
What were the names of the atomic bombs dropped on
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Little Boy
Fat Man
A policy of giving in to another to please them and avoid war or a conflict.
appeasement
Dictator of Spain
Francisco Franco
a major World War II meeting held in February 1945 where leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union (the "Big Three") met to discuss the final defeat of Germany and the postwar world
Yalta Conference
During WW2 what soldiers used their own language to radio vital messages during the island hopping campaign
Navajo
D-Day invasion took place in ________, France.
Normandy
Agreement signed between Germany and Soviet Union in 1939
Non-aggression pact
German counter attack in 1944 that temporarily slowed down the Allied invasion
Battle of the Bulge
The Purple Heart Battalion was made up entirely of what group of people
Japanese-Americans
many Mexican-American youths were attacked by a mob of ________ in the summer of 1943 and was referred to as what?
Sailors
Zoot-suit riots
Officially called the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, was a landmark law designed to help returning World War II veterans reintegrate into civilian life.
GI Bill
A state-organized pogrom (violent riot) against Jews on November 9–10, 1938.
Kristallnacht
U.S. Army Chief of Staff during World War II.He was responsible for organizing and expanding the U.S. military into a massive fighting force.
George Marshall
This man was the leader in the Double V campaign which fought fascism abroad and racial discrimination at home
A. Philip Randolph
The mission that became the first time the Americans bombed the Japanese after Pearl Harbor. Showed the US that Tokyo was vulnerable.
What is the "Doolittle Raid?"
This represented and encouraged women to join war effort opportunities decline after war
Rosie the Riveter
What were the 2 main ways that the US would pay for WW2?
Taxes
War Bonds
The US began to mobilize its economy after Pearl Harbor. What was the name of the Board that oversaw the conversion of peacetime industry to war industry
Japan had its eye on this American owned island and in response the US did what to Japan?
Philippines
Embargo
In 1940, FDR and the US enacted this act in preparation for possible war.
Selective Service Act
The name of the only port remaining open for the Allies in the German invasion of France.
It was a major military operation during World War II where British and Allied troops were evacuated and saved.
What is Dunkirk?
This battle in the Pacific led to the destruction of the Japanese fleet and introduction of the kamikaze pilots.
Leyte Gulf