WWII Homefront and Society
This term refers to the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans into camps during the war.
What is Internment?
On December 8, 1941, this President asked Congress for a declaration of war following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This strategic policy was designed to prevent the expansion of Soviet influence and Communism.
What is Containment?
This 1962 confrontation is considered the moment the U.S. and USSR came closest to nuclear conflict.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
These four goals—Speech, Worship, Want, and Fear—were outlined by FDR as a justification for American involvement.
What are the Four Freedoms?
This cultural icon represented the millions of American women who entered the workforce to support the war effort.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
This Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, opened the Western Front in Europe.
What is D-Day?
This metaphor, coined by Winston Churchill, described the division between democratic Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe.
What is The Iron Curtain?
This Soviet satellite, launched in 1957, triggered a crisis of confidence in American science and education.
What is Sputnik?
This 1941 joint declaration between the U.S. and Britain outlined the vision for a post-war world order.
What is the Atlantic Charter?
The Soviet leader during WWII and the start of the Cold War.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
This President made the final decision to use atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Who is Harry Truman?
This 1948–1949 operation saw the U.S. fly supplies into a blockaded city to prevent it from falling to the Soviets.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This 1961 failed invasion of Cuba was an attempt by CIA-trained exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro.
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
The end of this specific 1919 treaty is listed as a primary cause for the start of World War II.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This secret U.S. research and development project produced the first nuclear weapons.
What is the Manhattan Project?
This British Prime Minister co-authored the Atlantic Charter and later warned of an "Iron Curtain."
Who is Winston Churchill?
This Wisconsin Senator became the face of the "Red Scare" by accusing government officials of being communists.
Who is Joe McCarthy?
This conflict from 1950 to 1953 ended in a stalemate at the 38th Parallel.
What is the Korean War?
This massive aid package was designed to rebuild Western Europe and make it resistant to Communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This was the primary foreign policy stance of the U.S. in the 1930s, characterized by a desire to avoid "foreign entanglements."
What is Isolationism?
Although it was preceded by the strategic stalemate at the Coral Sea, this June 1942 naval battle is considered the definitive turning point in the Pacific because the U.S. Navy sank four Japanese aircraft carriers, permanently ending Japan's ability to expand its maritime empire.
What is the Battle of Midway?
This military alliance was formed in 1949 to provide collective security against Soviet aggression.
What is NATO?
The American President was the Allied Supreme Commander during the D-Day invasion and was a staunch believer in the Domino Theory.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This document stated that the U.S. would support "free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities."
What is the Truman Doctrine?