The Axis powers consisted of these three main countries
What is Germany, Japan, Italy
100
Name of the offensive weapons used in the Atlantic by the Germans to cut off supply going from the US to Britain
What is U-Boats
100
"Rosie the Riveter" gave confidence to THIS GROUP during WWII to build and supply the allies with equipment and weapons.
What is women
100
The Allies used this bloody fighting strategy to move throughout the Pacific Theater and north towards Japan
What is island hopping
100
The Japanese surrender was accomplished through dropping the atomic bomb on which two cities
What is Hiroshima and Nagasaki
200
Consisting of the United States, Russia, and Britain, THIS GROUP had a unified goal for fighting in WWII
What is Allies
200
Turning point for the Allies in Russia, able to turn back Germans in THIS BATTLE.Victory protected oil fields in Caucasus that were vital to the Russians.
What is Stalingrad
200
Used to preserve and conserve food during wartime. Limited the amount and type of food US citizens could obtain in a certain time period.
What is rationing
200
Japanese suicide plan
What is kamikaze
200
The US had trouble converting a wartime economy back into this type of economy, leading to some economic hardships
What is peacetime
300
The US, Russia, and Britain agreed to make THIS THEATER the primary theater. The goal was defeating Hitler first.
What is "Europe First" strategy
300
Victories against the Germans and Erwin Rommel in THIS AREA helped the allies push towards Italy and ultimately an Italian surrender.
What is North Africa
300
This group was moved to internment camps on the West Coast of the US due to fear that they may be spies or destroy strategic military sights like shipyards and airfields.
What is Japanese Americans
300
THIS BATTLE was fought on the beaches of Normandy and eventually pushed Germany into fighting a two front war, basically a death sentence for the Nazis
What is D-Day
300
The ______ conference between US, Russia, and Britain set up postwar Europe geographically and created the United Nations
What is Yalta Conference
400
The US was the "_______ of democracy", meaning they supplied countries with weapons and supplies, like the conditions of Lend Lease.
What is arsenal
400
What battle was a major turning point for the Americans in the Pacific, halfway between Japan and Pearl Harbor.
What is battle of Midway
400
Through advocates like A. Phillip Randolph and Executive order 8002, this group was able to obtain fair hiring practices and increase NAACP membership
Who are African Americans
400
Project secretly taken by American scientists to build an atomic bomb that would hopefully end the war in Japan
What is the Manhattan Project
400
May 8, 1945, or VE Day marks the end of war in which theater?
What is Europe
500
Who declared war on the US on December 8th, 1945
What is Germany
500
When Gen. Douglas MacArthur made his famous "I Shall Return" statement, which chain of Southern Pacific islands was he being removed from?
What is the Philippines
500
Due to wartime production, many Americans could not spend their new found salaries on THESE PRODUCTS (cars, radios, refrigerators).
What is consumer products
500
Name an argument FOR and AGAINST dropping the atomic bomb.
What is
FOR
1) Save American lives from invading Japan
2) End war, Japanese won't surrender easy
AGAINST
1) Killing innocent civilians
2) We don't know the exact capabilities
3) Lead to nuclear arms race and aggression throughout the world.
500
Name the two countries that clashed during peace talks at conferences like Potsdam and Yalta that will be struggling for power in the post WWII world.