American trying to stay out of war
Policy of avoiding war with an aggressive nation
APPEASEMENT
This fictitious character symbolized an end of the prejudices against women working in traditionally male jobs.
Rosie the Riveter.
The Selective Service System was known as the
Draft
The Turning point of the war in the Pacific was
The Battle of Midway
Operation Overlord is also known as
D-DAY
The U.S. attempted to stay out of the European conflict by passing several _____________.
Neutrality Acts
Group that was associated with the "Zoot Suits".
Mexican Americans
Americans were asked to grow, "Victory Gardens" for the purpose of
Rationing or conserving food.
America dropped the first atomic bomb in what city in Japan?
Hiroshima
African Americans fought for the Double V campaign, which stated
Victory over Hitler and Victory over racism at home
The U.S. will enter WWII after
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
He called for a "March on Washington" to protest the lack of jobs during the war for African Americans.
A. Philip Randolph
The U.S. government created the ________, to create posters, control newsreels and produce radio stations to promote the war effort.
The Office of War Information
The code name for the operation to build an atomic bomb in America was known as
The Manhattan Project
VE DAY IS KNOWN AS
Victory over Europe.
Roosevelt will secretly meet with Churchill to discuss America's involvement in WWII at the ___________
Atlantic Charter
Under Executive order 9066, he was forced to move to an Internment Camp along with all others of Japanese decent. His case would make it to the Supreme Ct.
Fred Korematsu
To pay for the war effort, Americans bought Liberty and War bonds. However half of the money to pay for the war came from
Personal Income Taxes.
The _____________ was a successful plan to bomb Japan for the first time.
Doolittle Raids
German Officers will be put on trial for, "Crimes against Humanity" at the
Nuremberg Trials.
The ship carrying German Jews that was denied entry to Cuba and the U.S. The ship would eventually be sent back to Europe leading to the demise of all onboard.
SS St.Louis
She was appointed as a delegate and adviser on interracial relations at the San Francisco Conference, which drafted the United Nations Charter.
Mary McLeod Bethune
How did the farmers of America fare during the war?
Very well as the U.S. government guaranteed to purchase everything they grew to send to the troops overseas.
He headed the Manhattan Project
Robert Oppenheimer
The world agreed to the formation of the United Nations during the
Dumbarton Oaks Conference