Homefront
The activities of a population while the country is at war.
What's happening within your own country?
Homefront
This was the name of the campaign that African Americans fought for.
Civil Rights at home while also fighting a war in Europe.
Double V
Used their language to send coded messages that the Japanese could not decode.
Navajo Code Talkers.
This country originally fought alongside Hitler in the invasion of Poland. They would then switch sides of the war because of a break in the non-aggression pact.
The Soviet Union
The Japanese method to cause as much damage as possible with their planes. They considered it an honor to die for the Emperor.
Kamikaze pilots
True or False
After WW2, the military was desegregated.
True.
This Program temporarily allowed Mexican Men to come to the U.S. to work on jobs in agriculture and other physically demanding jobs in states like California, Texas, and Arizona during a time of War.
The Bracero Program
This is the project responsible for the making of the Atomic Bomb.
The Manhattan Project.
This side of the war consisted of Germany, Japan, and Italy.
The Axis Powers.
The turning point of the war in the Pacific.
The Battle of Midway.
Before entering the war, the United States was claiming they were this.
Neutral
This woman was a popular character on propaganda posters meant to encourage women to join the workforce.
Rosie the Riveter.
Served in the military in segregated units. Demanded respect and equality at home while fighting in the war.
African-Americans
The policy where Great Britain essentially allowed Hitler to take parts of Czechoslovakia and other European territories without consequences.
Appeasement
This is a military strategy where the U.S. would capture a series of small islands, working its way towards mainland Japan.
Island hopping.
Name 2 ways someone could have helped the War Effort.
200 Points each.
Rationing
Buying War Bonds
Growing a victory garden
Scrapping
Rosie the Riveter was just one of the many forms of propaganda to get women to join the __________
Workforce.
They volunteered to fight in World War II even while their families were imprisoned by the U.S. government.
Japanese Americans
The major players when talking about Allies in WW2 consist of the United States, the Soviet Union, and....
Britain
What is the name of the bombing of Tokyo that was meant to boost morale?
Doolittle's Raid.
What event did students and teachers have to prepare for during WW2?
Air Raid Drills
We talked about 3 fronts, which one was "Every man, woman, and child doing their part to help the war effort"
The Third Front
What is another name for the Allied invasion of France on this day, June 6th, 1944?
D-Day
Operation Overlord
Normandy invasion
This is Germany's last stand. Their goal was to split the allied forces into two.
Battle of the Bulge
Japan surrendered after the bombing of these two cities.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.