People
Vocabulary
Homefront
European Theater
Pacific theater
100
President of the United States during the Great Depression and most of World War II
Franklin D. Roosevelt
100
to limit a consumers ability to buy or use products (especially in times of crisis)
rationing
100
This group took over factory jobs as the war ramped up
women and African Americans (good to know)
100
Allies
100
Date and cause for U.S. entry into World War 2
Dec. 7, 1941
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
200
Elected chancellor of his country in 1933 after his political party won control of the parliament
Adolf Hitler
200
Official government name for the draft
Selective Service Act
200
Order that denied civil rights for Nisei and Issei along the west coast.
Executive Order 9066
200
official start of World War 2
Germany invades Poland
200
turning point of war in the Pacific and why significant
Battle of Midway - Japan lost 4 of 6 air craft carriers
300
Commander of all U.S. naval forces in the Pacific
Admiral Chester Nimitz
300
Attacks by U.S. military personnel on agricultural workers in California particularly in San Diego.
Zoot Suit Riots
300
Group of pilots who were so good at escorting planes in Italy that they were specifically requested
Tuskegee Airman
300
turning point of the war in Europe
Battle of Stalingrad
300
Important to Allies and Axis due to large number of airfields
Philippines
400
Replaced Neville Chamberlain after as prime minister of his country after it was shown that appeasement didn't work
Winston Churchill
400
Quick movement of German forces through western Europe to capture France
blitzkreig
400
Office of War Information
400
Allied defense of the Suez Canal
Operation Torch
400
Initial plan to convince Japan to surrender, ultimately failed to do so.
Fire bombing of Tokyo
500
Escaped from Africa and was a major deciding factor in making it difficult for Allied forces to easily take the beach at Normandy
Erwin Rommel - Desert Fox
500
German speaking Sudetenland, Rhineland and Lebensraum
appeasement
500
Oversaw the conversion of consumer good production to war time production
War Production Board
500
Demanded unconditional surrender of both Germany and France
Yalta Conference
500
Provided a way for Flying Fortress (B-29) bombers to launch from airstrips and target Japan.
Iwo Jima and Okinawa