The Road to War
This event in 1939 officially started WWII in Europe.
What is Hitler’s invasion of Poland?
This was the U.S. policy of avoiding involvement in foreign conflicts.
What is isolationism?
This executive order authorized the internment of Japanese Americans.
What is Executive Order 9066?
These were the major Allied and Axis Powers.
Who are the Allies: U.S., Britain, Soviet Union; and the Axis: Germany, Italy, Japan?
This major event brought the U.S. into WWII.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
This treaty’s harsh punishments helped create the conditions for WWII.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
These laws were designed to keep the U.S. out of war.
What are the Neutrality Acts?
This campaign called for victory against fascism abroad and racism at home.
What is the Double V Campaign?
This was the Allied strategy of attacking Italy first.
What is the ‘soft underbelly’ strategy?
These are the two Japanese cities where the U.S. dropped atomic bombs.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
This policy allowed Hitler to take land in hopes of avoiding war.
What is appeasement?
FDR used this phrase to argue that the U.S. must supply weapons to democracies.
What is the "Arsenal of Democracy"?
This describes how women’s roles changed during WWII (be specific)
What is women entered industrial and factory jobs in large numbers?
This was the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.
What is D‑Day?
This was the secret U.S. program that developed the atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
This international organization failed to stop aggression in the 1930s.
What is the League of Nations?
This 1937 policy allowed nations to buy goods if they paid upfront and transported them themselves.
What is Cash‑and‑Carry?
This was the government’s justification for Japanese American internment.
What is military necessity/national security?
This strategy involved capturing some islands while bypassing others.
What is island hopping?
Give one argument for using the atomic bomb.
What is-
"It would end the war quickly"
"It would save American lives"
"It would demonstrate U.S. power"
This political trend in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union destabilized Europe in the 1930s.
What is the rise of dictatorships?
These two programs, one trading ships for bases, the other lending supplies, moved the U.S. closer to war.
What are Destroyers‑for‑Bases and Lend‑Lease?
This explains how the Double V Campaign exposed contradictions in American democracy.
What is the U.S. fought for freedom abroad while denying civil rights at home?
This explains why Okinawa was important and why the battle was devastating.
What is it was the launch point for invading Japan and had huge civilian casualties?
Give one argument against using the atomic bomb.
What is
"Civilian casualties"
"Ethical concerns"
"Japan was already weakened"