WW1 Causes
Taking over new territories to gain more resources and power
Imperialism
This new gun allowed hundreds of bullets to be fired per minute
Machine Gun
President of the United States during most of WW2
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
US defeats Japan ; turning point in the Pacific Theater (Chicago airport named in honor of this battle)
Battle of Midway
This man became president towards the end of WW2 when Roosevelt died unexpectedly
Harry S. Truman
The belief that your country is better than everyone else's
Nationalism
This new weapon would burn soldiers' eyes and lungs
Poison Gas
Military leader of Britain during WW2
Winston Churchill
US defeats Germany ; Germany's final attempt to turn the war
Battle of the Bulge
This country surrendered FIRST at the end of WW2 (Germany or Japan)
Germany
WW1 began after this person was assassinated
Franz Ferdinand
This new technology was used to take photographs at the beginning of the war. By the end of WW1, it was being used to drop bombs.
Airplane
Leader of Germany during WW2
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Union defeats Germany ; largest battle of WW2
The US President had to choose between invading the island of Japan or using what new technology?
____ joined the war because of their alliance with Serbia.
Russia
This new technology was invented during WW1 as a way to get soldiers across "No Man's Land"
Tank
Leader of the Soviet Union during WW2
Joseph Stalin
US invades the coast of France ; turning point in the War in Europe, Germany never recovers
D-Day
How many US casualties were expected if the President decided to invade Japan?
One million
______ joined the war because of their alliance with Austria-Hungary.
Germany
This new technology was invented to protect soldiers against poison gas.
Gas mask
Leader of Japan during WW2
Emperor Hirohito
Japanese islands that were the final targets of the US "island hopping" strategy
Okinawa & Iwo Jima
How many cities were hit with an atomic bomb before Japan surrendered? (Double points if you can NAME all of the cities)
2 - Hiroshima & Nagasaki