What finally brought the United States into World War II?
What is the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
100
On April 18, 1942, American bombs fell on Japan for the first time when the carriers' usual short-ranged bombers were replaced with these long-range bombers.
What is a B-25 bomber?
100
If British and American troops opened a second front by attacking Germany from the west, it would take pressure off of this country.
What is the Soviet Union?
100
During this battle, the Germans' goal was to cut off Allied supplies coming through the port of Antwerp, Belgium.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
100
This stated that the United States could lend or lease arms to any country considered "vital to the defense of the United States"
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
200
The Office of Price Administration began rationing, or limiting the availability of, many consumer products to make sure enough were available for this group.
What is the military?
200
In June 1942, decoded Japanese messages alerted the United States to the Japanese attack on this island.
What is the island of Midway?
200
On November 8, 1942, the American invasion of North Africa began under the command of this General.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
200
Faced with the massive destruction caused by atomic bombs and the shock of the Soviets joining the war, the Japanese emperor ordered his government to surrender on August 15, 1945.
What is V-J Day?
200
This was when 78,000 prisoners of war were forced to march 65 miles to a Japanese prison camp.
What is the Bataan Death March?
300
To help farmers in the Southwest overcome the labor shortage, the government introduced this program.
What is the Bracero Program?
300
American military planners chose to invade this place in order to stockpile supplies and build up troops for an invasion of Japan.
What is Okinawa?
300
The Battle of the Atlantic slowly turned in favor of the Allies, in part due to new technology, including depth charges, sonar, and this other technology.
What is radar?
300
The U.S. caused massive fired in Tokyo by dropping bombs filled with this.
What is napalm?
300
This turning point in the war put the Germans on the defensive.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
400
In 1942 Secretary of War Henry Stimson declared most of the West Coast a military zone and ordered all people of Japanese ancestry to evacuate to these places.
What are internment camps?
400
This is where American military planners decided to invade so B-29s could be refueled.
What is Iwo Jima?
400
This was a result of the Allied attack on Sicily.
What is the arrest of Mussolini?
400
This was the code-name for the American program to build an atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
400
This was the day after the unconditional surrender by Germany on May 7, 1945.
What is V-E Day?
500
Taken together, the growth of souther California and the expansion of cities in the Deep South created this new industrial region.
What is the Sunbelt?
500
This was Japan's goal in attacking Midway Island.
What is to destroy the American fleet?
500
The capture of Stalingrad was key to the success of Hitler's strategy to do this.
What is the destruction of the Soviet economy?
500
This was the day of the invasion of France.
What is D-Day?
500
This was the code-name for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.