Key Figures
Places/Battles/Events
Key Terms
Key Ideas/Themes
Miscellaneous
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All-black fighter pilot unit in WWII
What is Tuskegee Airmen
100
The two theaters of war
What is European and Pacific
100
Japanese suicide bombers
What is Kamikaze
100
The axis powers
What is Japan, Germany, Italy
100
When Japan finally surrendered
What is V-J Day
200
This woman was featured on many propaganda posters known for boosting spirits and work efforts of women
Who is Rosie the Riveter
200
The place where the D-Day invasion took place
What is Normandy, France
200
The vehicle used to move troops from ships to shore
What is an amphtrac
200
After Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans faced stereotyping and discrimination and were placed in these
What are internment camps
200
Utah and Omaha are two out of the 5 beaches from D-Day invasion. What was one of the other 3?
What is Gold, Juno, Sword
300
Two major players involved in the Manhattan Project. Give me one
Who is Albert Einstein/Robert Oppenheimer
300
This event effectively dragged the United States into war
What is Pearl Harbor
300
The United States sold these back home to help fund the war effort
What are bonds
300
Roles of women in WWII
What are nurses, in the military, took over jobs of men back home, etc.
300
Thousands of US soldiers died during a death march in this Peninsula
What is Bataan
400
This President dropped the Atomic Bomb
Who is Harry S. Truman
400
The two places the atom bomb was dropped
What is Hiroshima and Nagasaki
400
When Germany finally surrendered
What is V-E Day
400
US attitude at the beginning of World War II
What is isolationism
400
The name of the plane that dropped the Atom bombs
What is Enola Gay
500
This famous general, who led campaigns in Italy and Northern Africa, would eventually become President of the USA
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower
500
American military planners decided to invade this place because it was closer to Japan and would make the bombings more effective.
What is Iwo Jima/Okinawa
500
African Americans fighting for victory over the Nazis and racism at home
What is the “Double V” campaign
500
United States' two pronged strategy to defeat Japanese in Pacific.
What is Island hopping+ Securing Philippines and New Guinea
500
The date of D-day
What is June 6th, 1944
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