Causes
U.S. Enters the War
Homefront
Winning the War
End of the War
100
Warlike act by one country against another without cause.
What is aggression?
100
At the start of the war the U.S. was on this side.
What is no side - they were neutral?
100
Many factories changed their production to this in order to help the country win the war.
What are war supplies?
100
Battle strategy in the Pacific.
What was island hopping?
100
This is where the United Nations is headquartered.
What is New York City?
200
Giving into aggression in order to avoid war.
What is appeasement?
200
This event caused the U.S. to enter WWII.
What was the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor?
200
This character promoted women joining the workforce to take over jobs left behind by men leaving to fight the war.
What was Rosie the Riveter?
200
African American fighter pilot unit.
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
200
The invention and use of the atomic bomb started this competition between the U.S. and other nations.
What was the arms race?
300
The event that cause World War II to start.
What was the invasion of Poland?
300
To protest their aggressive acts in Manchuria, the U.S. cut off trading these items with Japan.
What is oil and steel?
300
Limiting the amount of products available to be sold to the public.
What is rationing?
300
Atomic bombs were dropped on these two Japanese cities and ended World War II.
What were Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
300
These three Allied countries formed West Germany.
What is the United States, Great Britain (England), and France?
400
These were the only two Allied countries at the start of the war.
What were France and Great Britain (England)?
400
These policies allowed the United States to help the Allies without becoming directly involved in the war.
What was Cash and Carry and the Lend-Lease Act?
400
This forced Japanese immigrants and Japanese American citizens to live in internment camps.
What was Executive Order 9066?
400
Computers were invented to do this for the war effort.
What was break codes?
400
As terms of their surrender, Japan could no longer do these two things.
What was lead a war or maintain an army?
500
These two dictators of Italy and Germany were allies in the war.
Who were Mussolini and Hitler?
500
This happened for the first time in order to prepare the U.S. for war.
What was a peacetime draft?
500
Citizens bought these in order to loan the government money to fund the war.
What were war bonds?
500
Name given to the Allied invasion of Europe.
What was D-Day?
500
East Germany had this type of government.
What was communist?
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