WWII

Neutrality Acts

100

This act allowed the U.S. to sell, lend or give war materials to nations Roosevelt wanted to support: Britain, France and China

Lend-lease Act of 1941

200

Rooselvelt created a military draft and sought money from Congress to build new naval vessels.  He also asked Congress to allow the United States to provide supplies, arms, and ammunition to Europe

Neutrality Act of 1939

300

the agreement between the  United States and Britain support the sovereignty of countries affected by the war.

The Atlantic Charter

400

This event ended the Neutrality Act, The Arizona bottoms cracked and smoke was visible. 

The Bombing of Pearl Harbor  December 7. 1941

500

This act imposed a general embargo on trading in arms and war materials with all parties in a war.[7] It also declared that American citizens traveling on warring ships traveled at their own risk.

Neutrality of 1935

Home Front

100

• able to find jobs in manufacturing and other fields not consider traditional
• They did not receive equal pay
• 25% of the Labor Force

Women

200

 was a fictional symbol that represented working women.

Rosie the Riveter

300

 Thus group was sent to internment camps during WWII. Robbed of Civil Liberties

Japanese-Americans

400

• U.S.’s secret program to build an atomic bomb.

The Manhattan Project

500

• This group worked in the defense industry. They served in segregated units

African American, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans

Major Battles Africa/Europe

100

Germanys used air force bombings to force the British to surrender. British lost many lives. 

Battle of Poland

200

• Allies would gain control of the Mediterranean Sea,
• which would make an invasion of Europe easier
• control of the Suez Canal in Egypt.

US invasion of North Africa

300

• A turning point in the war
•  The Russian Army stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union.
•  The German Army got trapped in the Soviet Union during the winter and were forced to retreat.

The Battle of Stalingrad

400

• This invasion put German on the defensive On June 6, 1944 American, British and Canadian forces invaded Europe at Normandy, France.
• Caught the Germans by surprise and now they would have to fight on two fronts (Russia in the East and the U.S. and British in the West).

The D-Day ( Operation Over Lord) Battle of Normandy

500

• After the D-Day Invasion, the Germans tried to counterattack
•  American forces led by General George Patton were able to stop the counter attack.
• At this point Germany is all but defeated.
• The Allies will proceed to move into Germany, and within four months Germany will surrender.
•  Roosevelt compares it to the Battle of Gettysburg

Battle of the Bulge

Major Battler in the Pacific

100

This showed the Japanese that their homeland could be directly attacked, The U.S. Navy defeated the Japanese fleet, and Forced Japan to take the offensive.

Battle of Midway-

200

- U.S. Navy stopped the Japanese from taking Australia at.

Battle of Coral Sea

300

Gave the  US a place for fighter planes and bombers to land and take off when attacking Japan

Battler o f Iwo Jima

400

The U.S. felt an invasion of the Japanese homeland would be too costly. So they did what 

Bombed Nagasaki and Hiroshima 

500

Which President used the Atomic Bomb

Harry Truman

Cause/Impacts of WWII

100

 Millions of Jews were killed and placed in concentration camps. Hitler's Final solution

Holocaust-

200

 US agreement to give aid to European Countries especially non communist

The Marshall Plan-

300

• The great Charismatic leader with great speaking ability came to power in German promising to fix their economy 

Adolph Hitler

400

European country’s saw the aggression of both Japan and Germany. 

Munich agreement 

More worried about Russia Communist Government than Germany’s Nationalist Party.

Appeasement

500

Created after WWI to prevent world wars

It was too week it condemned the Action of Germany/ Japan/ Italy

It did nothing so any think to stop the aggression

League of Nations