World War 2 Causes
Japan, Germany, Italy
Who was President of the US in WW2
Roosevelt
What were people doing at home to help during the war?
Rationing food, victory gardens, war bonds, scrap drives, not talking about the war
Fascist Leader of Italy
Mussolini
Name 3 Allies in WW2
USA, UK, Soviet Union, France
A form of nationalism and fascism, this type of government was based on racial hatred and committed violent hatred toward Jews.
Nazism
Attack on US Naval Base in Hawaii.
Pearl Harbor
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
What is Propaganda?
In what month of 1945, did the Germans surrender?
May -- VE Day
The US wished to stay out of WW1 and WW2 initially. What policy is this when a nation tries to stay out of foreign affairs?
Isolationism
September 1, 1939 Hitler invades this country officially beginning WW2
Poland
How did women support the war?
How did life change significantly for women?
They filled in jobs that men usually filled during World War 2
What was the name of the project that led to the creation of the atomic bombs?
The Manhattan Project
Japanese Americans were relocated to camps and deprived of their freedoms was known as
What is Japanese Internment
A peace agreement signed in 1919 that ended World War I and required Germany to give up 10% of its European territory, give up all of its overseas colonies, pay reparations to the Allies, and demilitarize their army.
The Treaty of: a) Versailles b) Arnhem c) Paris
Treaty of Versailles
How did Americans on the homefront support the war financially?
War Bonds, Saving resources/reationing
What was the name of the female character meant to encourage women to go work in factories?
Rosie the Riveter
Communist leader of the USSR
Stalin
Japan invaded what country in 1937 to start World War II?
What is China
Granting potential enemy’s wishes in order to avoid conflict
eg The Munich Agreement
Appeasement
Which two cities were bombed in Japan?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What kind of companies converted all of their factories towards the war effort?
Car Companies
The genocide of European Jews and other groups by the Nazis during World War II
What is the Holocasut?
Name three different types of Propaganda
Production of War Materials, Fear, Financing the War, Recruiting, Conservation