People/Alliances
Who were the leaders of the three major Allied Powers? (U.S., Great Britain, France) 3 names for full points
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle
Where did the Invasion of Normandy take place?
France
What was the initial cause of World War 2 beginning?
Germany invading Poland
What role did women play in the war?
Nurses, factory workers, farmers, joined military
Who was the president who paid reparations to the Japanese Americans in internment camps? Bonus: What year did this happen?
George H.W. Bush. 1988
Who were the leaders of the three major Axis Powers? (Germany, Italy, Japan)
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Hirohito
What is another term used for the Invasion of Normandy?
D-Day
Who was central person to the fireside chats? What were they?
FDR. Frequent updates about the war over the radio
What is propaganda? Give an example
Media used to convince people to think a certain way. Uncle Sam, Rosie the Riveter, Bugs, Donald
How many US soldiers were in the military during WW2?
About 10 million
Who was Anne Frank?
What happened at Pearl Harbor?
Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan
What was the Holocaust and approximately how many people were killed?
Systematic sorting and killing of Jewish people and other minority groups. Between 6-17 million
What was the primary document Anne Frank left behind?
Her diary
Approximately how many service-men and women are still alive?
66,000
What country switched sides from the Axis to the Allied Powers during the war?
Russia
What were the two theaters of war?
Pacific Ocean, Europe
What was the program that developed the Atomic Bomb? Who was the leading physicist?
Manhattan Project. J Robert Oppenheimer
What were the WASPs?
Women Airforce Service Pilots
What technology was improved on during the war? Extra points for multiple answers
Computers, uniforms, tanks, medicines, boats, weaponry, planes, submarines
Dwight D. Eisenhauer, George Patton, and Douglas MacArthur were all what?
Military leaders
When did the Invasion of Normandy (D-Day) take place. (500 points for each- Month, Day and Year.)
June 6th, 1944
What was the phrase that Oppenheimer said when the bomb was successfully tested? Extra points for full accuracy
Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
Why did the US place Japanese-Americans in internment camps?
Paranoia/fear that Japanese would betray the US while being here
What two Japanese cities had atomic bombs dropped on them by the US? Full points for both cities
Hiroshima, Nagasaki