WW2
Who was the leader of our country from the Great Depression to World War 2?
Roosevelt
What did we do because Japan had 5,000,000 soldiers and 5,000 airplanes ready to use against the USA?
President Truman okayed dropping 2 atomic bombs
"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy"....
What did the USA do on this day?
The USA declared war on Japan for attacking Pearl Harbor
Who invaded Poland and started World War 2?
Germany's leader named Hitler
When the Battle of Britain started, what did the USA do?
We started the lend-lease act - some Americans thought Germany might attack us because of this
During industrialization in America, what happened?
People left the rural areas (the country) to go to urban areas (cities) for factory jobs
What is it called when people move from the countryside (rural) to the cities (urban)?
URBANIZATION
WHAT DID ALBERT EINSTEIN WRITE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA?
He wrote a letter warning that Germany was producing an atomic bomb
What did women and African Americans gain during World War 2?
Jobs - because soldiers had left behind their jobs to go fight
Citizens helped at home in America by...
They recycled scrap materials, planted victory gardens, and bought war bonds
Who were the African American pilots?
Tuskegee Airmen
Which Native American soldiers used their language as a code?
Navajo code talkers
Who were the 442nd Regimental Combat Team?
They were Japanese-Americans who fought for our country during World War 2
What were the floating airports that planes could take to attack anywhere in the world?
aircraft carriers
Many Americans supported the war in different ways - name 3.
scrap drives, war bonds, victory gardens
The attack on the Normandy beaches of France to free that country from the Germans was called...
D-Day
What allowed women to work so many new jobs during the war?
The men left for war and women took their jobs
Why did we have internment camps
(prison camps) for Japanese-American citizens?
We were afraid the Japanese-American citizens in our country would attack us because they were loyal to Japan