1939-1941
When Japan invaded China, the United States ________________.
stopped all trade with Japan
created an embargo with Japan on oil and steel
What is created an embargo with Japan on oil and steel?
Allied Nations
Great Britain, France, Spain
Great Britain, United States, Russia
Germany, Italy, Japan
What is Great Britain, United States and Russia?
Which is NOT a role of propaganda for the war effort?
to gain patriotic support
to portray the enemy in stereotypical, evil ways
to increase the popularity of Hollywood actors
What is to increase the popularity of Hollywood actors?
Code talkers
German-Americans who served as translators for the Allies
Navajo radio operators who helped Allies communicate in the Pacific
What is Navajo radio operators who helped Allies communicate in the Pacific?
He compared the Lend-Lease Act to "lending a garden hose to a next-door neighbor whose house in on fire."
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
These two countries made a pact that they would not invade each other but would jointly invade Poland.
Germany and the Soviet Union
Germany and Austria-Hungary
What are Germany and the Soviet Union?
Axis Nations
Great Britain, France, Spain
Great Britain, United States, Russia
Germany, Italy, Japan
What is Germany, Italy, and Japan?
African American unit earned distinction due to aerial combat maneuvers against Germans in Europe
Montgomery Unit 44
Tuskegee Airmen
Nisei Regiment
What is Tuskegee Airmen?
WWII work slogan used to encourage women to go to work
Alice the Waitress
Wilma the worker
Rosie the Riveter
What is Rosie the Riveter?
WWII Turning point battle - British forces prevent Hitler from gaining access to Middle East oil
Battle of Normandy in France
Battle of El Alamein in Egypt
What is the Battle of El Alamein in Egypt?
Hitler made a nonaggression pact with __________ (promised not to invade this country) and then broke his promise and invaded.
the Soviet Union
Italy
What is the Soviet Union?
blitzkrieg
island hopping
defeat Hitler first
What is defeat Hitler first?
During World War II, African American soldiers
were not allowed to fight.
fought with white soldiers.
fought in segregated units.
What is fought in segregated units?
NOT a traditional military role of women in WWII
combat pilot
nurse
supply driver
What is combat pilot?
Battle that saw hundreds of thousands of German soldiers killed or captured in a month long winter siege
Battle of El Alamein in Egypt
Battle of Stalingrad in Russia
What is Battle of Stalingrad in Russia?
US territory bombed by Japan causing a declaration of war
the Philippines
Hawaii
What is Hawaii?
US strategy in the Pacific
blitzkrieg
island hopping
defeat Hitler first
What is island hopping?
During WWII, many Japanese Americans were ...
sent back to Japan.
told to leave the US.
interned or confined to camps in isolated areas.
What is interned or confined to camps in isolated areas?
Spark that started WWII
Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor
Germany's invasion of Poland
the Soviet Union's invasion of Poland
What is Germany's invasion of Poland?
City in the Soviet Union where Germans were halted
Normandy
Paris
Stalingrad
What is Stalingrad?
Primary result of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941
creation of the atomic bomb
increased popular (people) support for US entry into World War II
What is increased popular support for US entry into World War II?
The Allies island hopping strategy was used to
retake Pearl Harbor.
win the Battle of the Coral Sea.
bomb Japan.
What is bomb Japan?
This led the US to evacuate Japanese Americans from the West Coast
prejudice and fears inflamed by the attack on Pearl Harbor
fear for the safety of Japanese Americans on the West Coast
What is prejudice and fears inflamed by the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Act (law) that gave Britain war supplies and old naval warships in return for military bases in Bermuda and the Caribbean
Neutrality Act
Lend Lease Act
What is the Lend Lease Act?
Germany's defeat at Stalingrad (USSR) was a major turning point because ...
it proved the USSR was on the Axis side
it prevented Germany from seizing the Soviet oil fields
What is it prevented Germany from seizing the Soviet oil fields?