World War 2 Basics
The allies liberated these detention centers in Germany on their way to Berlin.
What are Concentration Camps?
America Joined War after This event
Pearl Harbor
Americans were asked to purchase these in order to fund World War 2. They were paid back after WW2.
What are war bonds?
Many banks failed during the great depression when depositors withdrew all their money. This was called a bank _____.
What is a run?
Who were the first Black regimen of air force fighter pilots?
Tuskegee Airmen
Japan, Germany, Italy
Presidents during World War 2
FDR, and Truman
This was the turning point in the pacific theatre. All 4 of the Japanese Aircraft carriers that took part in it were sunk.
What is Battle of Midway?
This was the name for severe dust storms that devastated much of the great planes during the 1930s.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This strategy established military bases on some islands but skipped over others on the way to Japan.
What is Island hopping?
He was the leader who controlled Fascist Italy prior to and during WW2?
Who is Benito Mussolini?
They filled in jobs that men usually filled during World War 2
Women
The government encouraged Americans to grow these in order to supplement the food supply that was disrupted during the war.
What are Victory Gardens?
This legacy of the New Deal is the largest government program as of Today. It provides money to old and disabled people.
What is Social Security?
A group of American fighter pilots operating out of China early in WW2
Who are Flying Tigers?
September 1, 1939 Hitler invades this country officially beginning WW2
Poland
Japanese Americans were put into what because the United States thought they might be spies?
Internment Camps
These two men were the leaders of the Army and Navy in the Pacific theatre. (You must get both)
Douglas MacArthur and Chester W. Nimitz
This organization regulates stocks and bonds, and, more recently, cryptocurrency. They were founded as part of the New Deal.
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)?
A group of Native Americans who were able to communicate with each other in code through their language.
Who are the Navajo Code Talkers?
This was the name of the allied landing in Normandy, France that reestablished a foothold in continental Europe.
What is D-Day?
When is Attack on Pearl Harbor?
December 7, 1941
Name of the British Minister who leads WWII.
Winston Churchill
This tax on imported goods is credited with worsening the great depression. (extra points if you can name the bill itself).
What is a Tariff? (Smoot Hawley Tariff)
The atomic bomb program was codenamed this "Project".
What is the Manhattan Project?