Key Leaders
Key Terms
Key Events
Key Battles
Homefront Impact
100
Transformed the Soviet Union from a rural nation into an industrial power
What is Stalin
100
The deliberate extermination of a specific group of people
What is genocide
100
In the years between World War I and World War II many democracies were replaced with
What is dictatorships
100
This day is when Germany surrendered
What is V-E Day - May 8, 1945
100
This bill made it possible for veterans to attend college for free
What is the GI Bill of Rights
200
British leader who made concessions to Hitler in hopes of ending German aggression
Who is Neville Chamberlain
200
Surprise and overwhelming force was this strategy
What is blitzkreig
200
This nation signed a nonaggression pact with Germany that led to an invasion and division of Poland
What is the Soviet Union
200
In this Battle Germany's goal was to keep food and war supplies from reaching Great Britain and Soviet Union
What is Battle of the Atlantic
200
In search of jobs many African Americans did this
What is migrate
300
He led the third army division to free Paris from German occupation
What is George Patton
300
This act allowed the president to provide arms to certain foreign countries
What is the Lend-Lease Act
300
The country that joined Britain in declaring war on Germany after the invasion of Poland
What is France
300
Roosevelt described these weapons of war as "rattlesnakes of the Atlantic"
What is German U-boats, "wolf packs", submarines
300
Women in the WAAC served as
What is nurses and radio operators
400
Leader of the fascist government in Italy
What is Benito Mussolini
400
These are Japanese Americans NOT born during World War II
Who are Nisei
400
Our modern day "shock and awe" military strategy would be most comparable to Germany's in the 1930's
What is "blitzkrieg"
400
During this Battle the German Luftwaffe bombed this city for two months straight
What is Battle of Britain
400
This early leader of the civil rights movement led a march on Washington in 1941
What is A. Philip Randolph
500
His political philosophy was based on both nationalism and racism
What is Adolf Hitler
500
Japanese Americans who lived on the west coast during the war were subjected to
What is internment
500
Truman made this world changing decision in order to end the war and save American lives
What is use atomic weapons
500
June 6, 1944 when the Allies invaded French coast at Normandy
What is D-Day
500
The OPA was created to target this wartime economic problem
What is inflation
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