Leaders
Who was the leader of the United States at the start of World War II?
Franklin Roosevelt
In 1938, the Germans took over this country and held a vote in which 99% of the population supported it.
Austria
What was the US policy throughout the 1920s and 1930s when it came to world affairs?
Isolationism
What was Hitler's book called
Mein Kampf
Who attacked at Pearl Harbor?
Japan
Which country did the US enter a Cold War with from 1945-1990?
Soviet Union
US Policy following World War II
Containment
Who was the leader of Germany during World War II?
Adolf Hitler
In 1939, the Germans took over the Sudetenland, which was a part of what country?
Czechoslovakia
What was the agreement that the US signed with other nations to limit their battleships and disarm?
Washington Naval Conference
What was the name of Hitler's party?
Nazis
What date did Pearl Harbor occur on?
December 7, 1941
38th Parallel
Promised that the United States would help any country threatened by communism militarily and financially.
Truman Doctrine
Who was the leader of Italy during World War II?
Benito Mussolini
Which country took over Manchuria?
Japan
What did the Kellogg Briand Pact state?
The German invasion of what country on September 1, 1939 is seen as the beginning of World War II?
Poland
What resource did the US cut off that provoked the attack at Pearl Harbor?
Oil
Which country supported Korea militarily during the Korean War?
China
What city did the United States drop supplies into in 1948 and 1949?
Berlin
Who was the leader of Britain that was accused of appeasing the Germans
Neville Chamberlain
One of the ways the Germans were able to take over such large chunks of land was through their military technique. What was it called?
Blitzkrieg
The US began to "dip their toes" into the war effort with a policy that allowed them to give weapons if the other countries transported and paid for them. What was this policy known as?
Cash and Carry
Who did the Germans sign a non-agression pact with in 1939 but later attacked in 1941
Soviet Union
Name one of the reasons that the country that attacked the US at Pearl Harbor thought it would work.
1. Battleship War
2. Knock US on heals
3. 3 part treaty with Germany and Italy---they would enter and help out.
A line in a speech by Winston Churchill became the name of the divide between Western and European countries following World War II.
Iron Curtain
This was an alliance between the United States and countries of Western Europe.
NATO
Who was the leader of the Japan?
Hideki Tojo
Good Neighbor Policy
What policy did FDR compare to giving your neighbor a hose if their house was on fire?
Lend Lease
Hitler and Mussolini led government through what approach?
Fascism
The US already decided before Pearl Harbor that they would focus on winning the war in Europe if attacked. This was part of what plan?
Plan Dog.
The alliance of Eastern European countries was called what?
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan