World War II 1
What countries were first involved in WWII?
Germany (axis), Great Britain & France (allies)
Dictator of Germany
Adolf Hitler
What were the African American Airforce men called that fought in WWII?
Tuskegee Airmen
Name four countries that made up the allies?
United States, Great Britain
What led to the Cold War?
What country was invaded, which officially started WWII?
Who was the Mascot for Women during WWII?
Rosie the Riveter
Dictator of Italy
Benito Mussolini
What made Germany finally surrender during WWII?
The Soviet Union and the U.S. invaded from east and west and they were left no choice but to surrender
Which three countries made up the Axis Powers
What is Germany, Japan, Italy
Soviet Union believed in a Communist government..what does this make life like for citizens of Soviet Union?
Citizens can not own businesses, they do not have freedom, etc.
What was the policy called of liberating one island at a time?
Island Hopping
What city was the first city to have an atomic bomb dropped on it?
What is Hiroshima?
Dictator of Japan
Emperor Hirohito
When Germany surrendered what was a major event that took place?
Hitler took his own life
Who eventually won World War II?
The Allied Powers
Why was the Cold War given the name Cold War?
Because this war was fought with words and not weapons
This was the location of the Japanese attack against the United States;retaliation for trade embargo which resulted in the U.S. entering WWII.
What was Pearl Harbor?
This U.S. president could not come to England's aid directly due to Neutrality Acts passed by Congress several years earlier. These Acts were slowly relaxed.
Who was Franklin Roosevelt?
President of the United States at the beginning of World War II?
Franklin Roosevelt
The code name for Albert Einstein and other scientists building the atomic bombs that the United States dropped om Japan was.....
Manhattan Project
Took on new roles to support war effort;joined nurse cadets and worked in factories to keep up production
What is Women?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Who gave the speech that we were officially entering WWII after Japan bombed our naval base, Pearl Harbor?
Franklin Roosevelt
This country was isolationist until its attack in 1941.
What is the United States?
President towards the end of WWII, and had to make the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan?
Harry Truman
The name given to the genocide or systematic extermination of all European Jews.
What was the Holocaust?
What was the Invisible Border called that separated Communist countries from Noncommunist countries
Iron Curtain
The Korean War was fought because?
Because South Korea did not want to fall under North Korea's Communist rule