This term describes early efforts by France and Britain to avoid war with Germany by giving in to Hitler's demands.
What is appeasement?
100
In order to conserve food and fuel for the military, the U.S. government instituted a system of coupons, known as this, which limited the quantities of goods that families were allowed to purchase.
What is rationing?
100
During World War II, the United States, Great Britain, France, China, and the Soviet Union were collectively known by this name.
What is the Allied powers or the Allies?
100
After World War II, this international organization was created to "reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small."
What is the United Nations?
100
Snookie and The Situation are stars of this TV show.
What is Jersey Shore?
200
Germany's invasion of this country finally caused France and Britain to declare war.
What is Poland?
200
Japanese Americans were forced to leave their homes and relocate to prison-like internment camps as a result of this federal decree.
What is Executive Order 9066?
200
On June 6, 1944, Allied forces landed on the beaches in this region of northern France, an invasion known as D-Day.
What is Normandy?
200
Instead of punishing the defeated Axis nations harshly, the victorious Allied nations chose to "submit their enemies to the judgement of the law" as part of this event.
What are the Nuremburg War Crimes Trials?
200
This hall of fame quarterback and 4-time Super Bowl winner spent most of his time with the San Fransisco 49ers before playing his final two seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Who is Joe Montana?
300
Of all the authoritarian dictatorships that came to power in Europe during the 1920s and 1930s, this one most strongly promoted extreme nationalism and racism.
What is Nazism or the Nazis?
300
The Zoot Suit Riots targeted this group of Americans.
What are Mexican Americans?
300
In order to answer what they called the "Jewish question," Nazis decided upon this course of action as their "final solution."
What is the extermination of Jews in death camps?
300
This law helped more than 2 million U.S. veterans attend college after World War II.
What is the GI Bill of Rights?
300
Mr. Hurwitz and Mrs. Quigley taught together at this school before coming to Ponitz.
What is Wilbur Wright Elementary?
400
On December 7, 1941, President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war in response to this event.
What is Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor?
400
In this Supreme Court decision, the Court ruled that it was okay to restrict a group's civil rights in the face of certain "pressing public necessities," such as the threat of war or invasion.
What is Korematsu v. United States
400
To defeat the Japanese in the Pacific, the Allies chose a strategy of fighting from island to island known as this.
What is leapfrogging or island hopping?
400
After World War II ended, many women left their jobs in heavy industries and instead took these kinds of jobs.
What are lower-paying service jobs?
400
Spring Break traditionally occurs around the same time as this religious holiday.
What is Easter?
500
This law allowed the United States to send "all aid short of war" to Britain despite its status as a neutral nation early in World War II.
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
500
In order to avoid a protest march by African Americans in 1941, President Roosevelt agreed to sign an executive order outlawing discrimination by this type of employer.
What are defense contractors?
500
Atomic bombs dropped by the United States on these two Japanese cities resulted in Japan's surrender on August 14, 1945.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
500
After victory over Japan, the Allies took this approach in dealing with the defeated nation?
What is help Japan rebuild its economy and establish a democratic government?
500
The 2010 World Cup final was won for the first time by this European nation.