On The Home Front
When men were called to enlist in the war, this demographic of people stepped up in the workforce to help create work necessities
Who are women?
The names of the two sides (powers) of the war.
Who are the Allied and Axis powers?
This is the term for the genocide of the Jewish population in Europe committed during World War 2
What is the Holocaust?
This person was the Chancellor of Germany during World War 2, leading the Axis powers.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
What important military contribution did Navajo Code Talked make during World War II?
A. They were part of a volunteer group of US pilots that defended China from Japanese aggression.
B. They were one of the groups that transmitted secret military info to the Pacific Theater
C. They were among the first black servicemen to fly as military aviators in the US armed forces
D. They were members of the tank division that helped liberate France after the invasion of Normandy.
B. They were one of the groups that transmitted secret military info to the Pacific Theater
This was an order signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that forced thousands of Japanese Americans out of their homes and into internment camps.
What is Executive Order 9066?
The atomic bombs Little Boy and Fat Man were dropped on these two Japanese cities, killing thousands of people instantly and leading to the end of World War 2.
Where are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
This is the top-secret project that developed the atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
This person was President during World War 2.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Which event propmted the United States to enter World War II?
A. The German annexation of Austria
B. The Soviet occupation of Germany
C. The landing of Allied soldiers on Normandy Beach
D. Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
D. Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
This attack of a US naval base in Hawaii on December 7, 1941 led to the US joining the war effort not even a day later.
Combat in World War 2 was split between these two fronts, or theaters, across the globe.
What are the European and Pacific fronts?
These were the people the US military turned to to create a secret code that was indecipherable by the Axis Powers.
Who are the Navajo Code Talkers?
This was the commander of the U.S. Army in the Pacific.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
What was the main effect of the Atomic Bombs dropping on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
A. Soviet Union invaded Japan to gain access to natural resources
B. US initiated the Marshall Plan to help rebuild Japan
C. Germany surrendered to the Allies and promised to help stop Japan
D. World War II ended with Japan surrendering to the Allies.
D. World War II ended with Japan surrendering to the Allies.
What are Victory Gardens?
This invasion on June 6th, 1944 was the allied invasion into Northern France that led to an allied victory, and eventually breaking through axis troops. It has since been nicknamed D-Day.
What was the Invasion of Normandy?
This was a strategy used by the US military in the Pacific front to advance through the Pacific Islands and get close to Japan.
What is island-hopping?
These were a group of African American pilots who were instrumental during World War 2
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
The skill and courage of the Tuskegee Arimen served to-
A. give the US an advantage in military encryption
B. encourage immigrant enlistment in the US army during WWII
C. Decrease opposition to integrating the armed forces
D. increase the number of women joining the US military during WW2
C. Decrease opposition to integrating the armed forces
These were loans that the government sold in order to help raise money for the war effort.
What are war bonds?
This battle was the turning point of the War in the Pacific against Japan.
What is the Battle of Midway?
This is the act, passed by President Roosevelt, that lended aid to our European allies before the US entered into the war.
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
These were a group of volunteer airmen who helped defend the Chinese Air Force against China.
Who are the Flying Tigers?
The rights of citizens under the 4th and 14th amendments were violated by the US government when it authorized the establishment of -
A. internment camps on Japanese Americans
B. Office of War Mobilization
C. nuclear test sites in Nevada
D. Office of Price Administration
A. internment camps on Japanese Americans