Causes
US Enters the War
Battles
American Economy
American Social Life
100
The German leader that promised to bring Germany out of the economic chaos that they had been in since the conclusion of World War I.
Who is Adolph Hitler?
100

Japan had a diplomatic stalemate of negotiations with the United States over _________ that led them to attack Pearl Harbor.

What is oil?

100
The code name given to the secret American mission to develop the atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
100
Establishes a fixed amount of goods and services for citizens that are deemed to be essential for the military.
What is rationing?
100
The name given to the female character that represented women entering into the work force during the war.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
200
The leader of the Soviet Union during the war.
Who is Josef Stalin?
200
The only place on American soil that suffered damage during the war.
What is Pearl Harbor?
200
The turning point of the war in the Pacific where the United States conducted "island hopping" missions to gain back control of land seized by the Japanese.
What is the Battle of Midway?
200
Persuaded FDR to establish equality for all in the workplace during the war.
Who is A. Phillip Randolph?
200
The name given to the violent outbreak between Mexican-Americans and white sailors in Los Angeles.
What are the "Zoot-Suit Riots"
300
The totalitarian leader of Italy during the war.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
300
Congressional actions that were passed in an effort to keep the United States out of future wars.
What was the Neutrality Acts?
300
A major battle and turning point of the war in Europe that left German troops depleted.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
300
Established noncombat positions during the war for women.
What is the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)?
300
Drafted to help ease the transition of soldiers into normal life when returning from the war by offering them education and work training.
What is the GI Bill of Rights?
400
The area of China that was taken over by Japanese expansion and where many Chinese citizens were massacred.
What is Manchuria?
400
Provided arms to any country whose defense was vital to the United States.
What was the Lend-Lease Act?
400
The Allied invasion of Normandy, France code-named Operation Overlord.
What is D-Day
400
A program designed to help the United States fight inflation while operating under a wartime economy.
What is the Office of Price Administration (OPA)?
400
An organization to help confront urban segregation in the North
What is the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)?
500
A form of government that stressed radical authoritarian nationalism.
What is fascism?
500
An agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom that established collective aims of wartime cooperation.
What was the Atlantic Charter?
500
The two cities in Japan that were devastated by the atomic bomb.
What are Hiroshima & Nagasaki?
500
Decided which companies had to convert from consumer goods to producing materials for the war like tanks, bullets, and bombs.
What is the War Production Board (WPB)
500

The official document signed by President FDR that gave military commanders in the West Coast the authority to place Japanese Americans into internment camps.

What is Executive Order 9066?

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