Axis Powers
This man was the Chancellor of Germany, who gained popularity by promising jobs, but then created racist laws against the Jews.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
This was the prime minister of Great Britain.
Who is Winston Churchill?
This woman was from Tennessee and was part of the Women's Auxiliary Flying Squadron.
Who is Cornelia Fort?
V-E Day was the day that this surrendered on May 8, 1945.
What is the German Army?
This "secret city" in Tennessee was home to three factories that researched nuclear power for the atomic bombs.
What is Oak Ridge?
Benito Mussolini was the leader of this country, which made an alliance with Hitler.
What is Italy?
This woman encouraged her husband to create women's auxiliary forces.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
Car plants in this Tennessee city started making airplane parts rather than car parts.
What is Memphis?
This man was a scientist who moved to the U.S. after fleeing Nazi Germany. He wrote a letter to FDR urging him to create an atomic research program.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This is why President Truman decided to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
He wanted to save American lives and the Japanese wouldn't surrender.
These were the three main countries of the Axis Powers.
What is Germany, Italy, and Japan?
This was the day that Franklin D. Roosevelt was referring to when he said it was a "day that will live in infamy" while addressing Congress to declare war against Japan.
What is December 7, 1941?
During WWII, Executive Order 9066 ordered Japanese-Americans to live in these until the war was over, out of fear that they might be spies.
What is internment camps?
From 1939 to 1945, Hitler and the Nazis tried to get rid of all Jews, so they forced them to live in concentration camps and killed about 12 million people during a time called this.
What is the Holocaust?
This is the name of the man from Tennessee that helped form the United Nations
Who is Cordell Hull?
These are the people who the Nazis blamed for everything that went wrong in Germany and all of Europe.
Who are the Jews?
The U.S. joined the war effort after this navy base was bombed by the Japanese.
What is Pearl Harbor?
The Rosie the Riveter poster encouraged women to do this because the men were fighting in WWII.
What is join the work force?
After this, the Germans began losing many battles.
What is D-Day?
This was the code name of the American effort to design and build an atomic bomb.
What is Manhattan Project?
This country had a monarchy for its government and was taking over other countries in order to have more resources for its growing population.
What is Japan?
These were the main four countries of the Allied Powers
What is United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union.
The U.S. started doing this for goods that were needed for the war effort, such as gasoline, rubber, and canned goods.
What is rationing?
After WWII, the Allied Powers divided this country into two parts.
What is Germany?
This was created after WWII with a main purpose of settling problems between countries peacefully.
What is the United Nations?