World at War
This event in 1939 is seen as the beginning of World War II
Germany's invasion of Poland
What is the official position of the United States as WWII begins?
Neutrality
U.S. President throughout most of World War II?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Name our first 3 Presidents:
Washington, Adams, and Jefferson
Word of the Day: Money paid when you lose a war
Reparations
Besides the United States who were the 3 big Allied Powers?
Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union
Which U.S. island territory did Japan need as a base of operation?
the Philippines
His supporters and paramilitary group were known as the Blackshirts
Mussolini
Name our last 5 Presidents in order:
Trump, Obama, Bush, Clinton, Bush
Word of the Day: a written plan of government
a Constitution
Who agreed on a non-agression pact in 1939?
Germany and the Soviet Union
World War II prompted another movement of African Americans away from the South into
Northern cities. What is this known as?
The Great Migration
Kansas boy, 5 star General, President, and creator of Operation Overlord aka D-Day
General Dwight Eisenhower
What event important in American Government took place last Wednesday?
the Presidential Inauguration
Right wing political movement, mostly associated with Italy
Fascism
At which conference was Hitler "appeased"?
Munich
The Big 3 (Churchill, Stalin, and FDR) meet at which conference to discuss the Post WWII
world?
the Yalta Conference
Japanese Chief Military Commander and Prime Minister during World War II
Hideki Tojo
What does OPEC stand for?
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Word of the Day: Obvious, something that goes without saying
self-evident
What do the allied armies find upon moving into Germany and Poland?
Concentration and Death Camps
What invasion in 1944, puts the Allies into Normandy, France and will eventually
allow their victory?
The D-Day invasion
President who order the dropping of the Atomic Bombs?
Harry Truman
Which great statesman made the famous Iron Curtain Speech in Fulton, MO?
Winston Churchill
Related to hatred and policies directed at the Jewish people
Anti-Semitism