Vocabulary
A bomb made by splitting atoms, causing great destruction
Atomic bomb
The leader of the Allied forces in Western Europe
Dwight Eisenhower
The killing of many Jews and others by the Nazis during WWll
Holocaust
Germany, Italy and Japan were known as this
Axis Powers
A book containing tickets for purchasing certain amounts of rationed goods during wartime
This man led the Nationalist Party in China
Chiang Kai-shek
George Patton commanded American progress in North ___, and then continued the fight in Sicily and freed the island
President Truman
A ring-shaped coral island or a string of coral islands
This man was the leader of the Communists in China
Mao Zedong
Bills passed by Congress to keep America out of the war
Neutrality Acts
The prime minister of Britain
Winston Churchill
A government order that bans all or some trade with another country
Embargo
This man was the emperor of Japan
Hirohito
Before WWll, many European countries tried to keep this governmental structure
Democracies
The man who led a campaign to free the Philippines and advance on Japan
Douglas MacArthur
A military strategy used in WWll in an effort to move closer to Japan's main islands
island hopping
This man commanded the American forces at Midway
Chester Nimitz
WWll ended in the Pacific when the US dropped an atomic bomb on this Japanese city
Nagasaki
List FOUR ways Americans supported the war effort
Rationing items
Buying bonds
Worked in factories
Movies produces