Causes of U.S. Involvement
This event on December 7, 1941 led the United States to officially enter World War II.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Americans bought these to help the government pay for the war.
What are war bonds?
This June 6, 1944 invasion helped the Allies begin pushing Germany out of France.
What is D-Day?
This U.S. president led the country for most of World War II.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Before entering the war, the U.S. helped Allied countries by sending supplies through this program.
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
During the war, these became scarce in the United States because factories focused on war production.
What are consumer goods?
The Allied strategy focused on defeating this country first before fully focusing on Japan.
What is Germany?
This British prime minister worked closely with the United States during the war.
Who is Winston Churchill?
This agreement between the U.S. and Britain outlined goals for peace and cooperation after WWII.
What is the Atlantic Charter?
The government controlled these three things during the war to manage the economy.
What are prices, wages, and rents?
This Soviet battle forced Germany to surrender and marked a major turning point in the war in Europe.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
This leader ruled the Soviet Union during World War II.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
These laws were passed in the 1930s to prevent the U.S. from selling weapons to countries at war.
What are the Neutrality Acts?
World War II military spending helped bring the United States out of this major economic crisis from the 1930s.
What is the Great Depression?
This battle in December 1944 was named after the shape created on Allied battle maps when German forces pushed the front lines outward during a surprise attack.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
After Roosevelt died in 1945, this president made the decision to use the atomic bomb.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
This U.S. policy in the 1930s attempted to keep the country out of foreign wars.
What is isolationism?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt used these radio broadcasts to communicate directly with the American public during difficult times like the Great Depression and World War II.
What are Fireside Chats?
This brutal Pacific battle in 1945 involved U.S. Marines capturing a heavily fortified Japanese island that later served as an airbase.
What is the Battle of Iwo Jima?
These three leaders met to discuss plans for the end of WWII and the postwar world.
Who were Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin?