Leaders and Alliances
This German dictator led the Nazis during World War II.
Who is Adolf Hitler
This surprise attack on December 7, 1941, brought the U.S. into WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This act allowed the U.S. to supply weapons to countries fighting the Axis Powers
Backyard gardens were encouraged to support the war effort.
What are Victory Gardens?
The genocide of six million Jews and others by the Nazis.
What is the Holocaust?
Alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII
What are the Axis Powers?
U.S. strategy in the Pacific of capturing key islands and bypassing others.
What is island-hopping?
Native American soldiers who created an unbreakable code during the war.
Who are the Navajo Code Talkers?
Government-issued savings programs were used to finance the war.
What are war bonds?
U.S. President who authorized the use of atomic bombs.
Who is Harry Truman?
The alliance of the U.S, Great Britain, USSR, France, and China during WWII
What are the Allied Powers?
The 1942 naval victory that marked a turning point in the Pacific.
What is the Battle of Midway?
Commander of the U.S Pacific Fleet who helped lead victories in the Pacific
Required Japanese Americans to relocate to internment camps
What is Executive Order 9066?
Region of western Czechoslovakia annexed by Germany as part of appeasement
What is the Sudetenland?
Soviet leader during WWII who made a Non-aggression pact with Hitler
Who is Joseph Stalin?
Germany's fast-moving "Lightening War" strategy
What is Blitzkrieg?
This secret U.S project developed the atomic bomb
What is the Manhattan Project?
This 1944 act helped veterans pay for college and secure housing loans.
Law passed in 1941 allowing the U.S. to sell arms to Britain and France as long as they paid in advance.
What is the Cash-and-Carry Act?
Italian fascist dictator and ally of Hitler
Who is Benito Mussolini
The Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, planned by Supreme Allied Commander in Europe Dwight Eisenhower
What is D-Day?
A government agency established to promote patriotism and unite Americans during WWII
African American soldier awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in WWII.
Who is Vernon Baker?