From Georgia, he rose in the ranks of the Communist Party and became the dictator of the Soviet Union in 1929.
Who is Josef Stalin?
100
Country that was invaded by Germany in 1939, triggering World War II.
Where is Poland?
100
Law congress was persuaded by Roosevelt to pass in order to lend and sell equipment to help Britain so they wouldn't fall to Germany.
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
100
An agency formed by the government to oversee production for the war. triggering the economy and ending the Great Depression.
What is the War Production Board?
100
Name of the invasion of Normandy, France, by over 155,000 British, Canadian and American Troop on June 6, 1944.
What is D-Day?
200
A government in which a single party has complete control over the government and the lives of all citizens.
What is totalitarian?
200
British Prime Minister who urged his citizens to stay strong during the Battle of Britain.
Who is Winston Churchill?
200
Document issued by Churchill and Roosevelt in August 1941 that described a vision for the postwar world which included self determination of nations and a new international peacekeeping organization to replace the League of Nations.
What is the Atlantic Charter?
200
The act of setting limits on the amount of scarce goods people can buy, to ensure the military has all they need.
What is rationing?
200
Name of the president suddenly thrust in the role of leading a country in wartime after Roosevelt's death.
Who is Harry Truman?
300
A political system, such as the one led by Mussolini in Italy, that features extreme nationalism, militarism and loyalty to state and leader.
What is fascism?
300
A failed policy attempted by France and England after Germany took the Rhineland and annexed Austria.
What is appeasement?
300
A port in the Pacific Ocean where an attack by Japan was carried out on an US naval base.
What is Pearl Harbor?
300
Name of one of the private groups that formed to enforce the Espionage and Sedition acts to suppress anti-war opinion through attacking civil liberties and violence.
What is the...American Protective League, the National Security League, or the American Defense Society? (One)
300
Name of an important battle won by American forces in the harsh winter of 1944 that repelled Hitler's final push.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
400
A worldwide event originating in the United States that created the economic conditions which helped increase Hitler's popularity in the early 1930s.
What is the Great Depression?
400
The name of the alliance consisting of Japan, Italy and Germany.
What is Axis?
400
A liquid that the United States decided to stop selling to Japan, angering them and triggering the Pearl Harbor attack.
What is oil?
400
A fictional character, featured on posyers flexing her arm and wearing a red bandanna, that became a symbol of women who worked in the war effort.
What is Rosie the Riveter?
400
Nickname for April 30, 1945 when Allied forces achieved victory in Europe.
What is V-E Day?
500
Chinese city that was pillaged and massacred by Japan in 1937.
Where is Nanjing?
500
President of the United States when World War II began.
Who is Roosevelt?
500
The name of an event in the Philippines in which the Japanese forced 70,000 American soldiers to walk 65 miles to a prison camp.
What is the Bataan Death March?
500
Order by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, issued in February, 1942, that led to the placement of over 110,000 Japanese citizens in interment camps for the duration of the war.
What is Executive Order 9066?
500
Name of the cities in Japan that experienced the world's first Atomic Bomb on August 6, 1945, and August 9, 1945.