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This U.S. president asked Congress to declare war on Japan after Pearl Harbor.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked this U.S. naval base.

Pearl Harbor

100

This country is seen to be the country who got the United States involved in WWII.

Japan

100

A: 

The weapon dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.


Atomic Bomb

100

Americans planted these gardens to supplement food supplies during wartime.

Victory Gardens

200

This president made the final decision to use atomic bombs against Japan in 1945.

Harry S. Truman

200

This program secretly developed the atomic bomb.

The Manhattan Project 

200

This European country, led by Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland in 1939.

Germany

200

I: 

The policy many Americans supported before the United States entered WWII.


Isolationism

200

This system limited purchases of scarce goods such as gasoline, sugar, and rubber.

Rationing

300

The name of the Japanese fight pilots who bombed Pearl Harbor 

Kamikazis

300

This speech by FDR described the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Day of Infamy

300

Germany, Italy, and Japan formed this wartime alliance.

Axis Powers

300

F: This bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945

Fat Man
300

Americans purchased these to lend money to the government to help pay for the war.

War Bonds

400

This woman became a symbol of women working in factories during WWII.

Rosie the Riveter

400

This term marks the Allied victory in Europe in May 1945.

VE Day

400

The second city in Japan to be bombed by the US in August of 1945

Nagasaki

400

E: 

The order that led to the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans.


Executive Order 9066

400

This term describes America as it was preparing for war in all different ways.

Mobilization

500

These Native American servicemen used Indigenous languages to send difficult-to-decipher military messages.

Code Talkers

500

Japan announced its surrender in August 1945, and the formal surrender documents were signed on this date.

September 2, 1945

500

This North American country cooperated with the United States to supply temporary agricultural workers.

Mexico

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N: 

Since Congress favored staying out of the war, they passed this series of legislation saying that the US should not export arms and ammunition and should not supply money to any country at war.


Neutrality Acts

500

This program brought Mexican workers to the United States to help address wartime labor shortages.

Bracero Program

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