8thSS-chp25

vocab 1

100

Mexican workers that were allowed to enter the United States

braceros

200

the process where government forcibly relocated and imprisoned Japanese's Americans

internment

300

WWII strategy of conquering only certain Pacific islands that were important to the Allied advance toward Japan

island-hopping

400

the deliberate murder of an entire people

genocide

500

giving into an aggressor

appeasement

Battles

100

battle to control the ocean trade routes

Battle of the Atlantic

200

Battle of the Skies

Battle of Britain

300

The battle in September of 1942 over the city of Stalingrad

Battle of Stalingrad

400

This battle took place from December to January because 25 divisions attacked in the heavy snow. It ended Germany's ability to wage offensive war.

Battle of the Bulge

500

May 1942--Allies met Japanese northeast of Australia---US sank carrier---turned back the Japanese advance for the first time

Battle of the Coral Sea

events

100

When did WWII start?

September 1, 1939

200

When did the US officially enter WWII?

December 8, 1941

300

What was D-Day?

June 6, 1944--Allied soldiers finally landed in Normandy. It was the largest sea-and-land invasion in history.

400

attempt by Hitler and Nazis to murder Jews--most horrifying aspects of WWII

Holocaust

500

What was the Bataan Death March?

forced march of tens of thousands of Americans and Filipino prisoners to internment camps

short answer

100

What did women do during WWII?

_{-women filled positions that the men left vacant}

_{-worked in Armed forces--communication, flying planes to deliver supplies, nurses}

200

What event caused the wide spread discrimination of Japanese Americans?

Pearl Harbor

300

What happened to the Jews during the Holocaust?

-uprooted from homes and sent to concentration camps.

-deliberately murdered (6 million Jews had been killed/died in camps)

-fit Jews were sent to be slave laborers 

400

What was the effect of mobilizing for war in America?

-rations of food and supplies

-productions of certain things stopped to only make things for war (ex: cars)

-economy started to recover because production of war supplies increased jobs... and supplying other countries with supplies/food

500

What was the Manhattan Project?

huge effort to build the atomic bomb

misc

100

Who is the best teacher that created this for you... even though she is no longer your S.S. teacher?

Now behave because you all owe me.

200

Japanese planes that crashed planes full of explosives into Allied ships

kamikaze

300

a weapon that produced great destructive power by splitting atoms

atomic bomb

400

"lightning war"

Blitzkrieg

500

What were some of the effects of WWII?

-millions of deaths

-widespread destruction

-Holocaust

-emergence of the US as a superpower.