Major Battles
What was the event that officially got the United States in the war?
Pearl Harbor December 7,1941
How does WW2 officially end the Great Depression?
everyone gets jobs
What battleship was destroyed, killing over 1,000 men on board?
USS Arizona
Along what coast did the D-Day invasion occur
Normandy
Who were the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan.
Who was the American president for most of WW2?
FDR
Why are Japanese Americans placed in concentration camps?
Were seen as potential enemies
What battle did John Basilone show incredible courage? What was he awarded?
Battle of Guadalcanal.
Medal of Honor
Out of the Axis powers, who was seen as the biggest threat?
Germany
Who was the man responsible for dropping the atomic bombs
What major propaganda campaign was seen as the new woman during WW2
Rosie the Riveter
These African American pilots proved to be amongst the very best in the war. Who were they?
The Tuskegee Airmen/ Redtails
This battle resulted in the Japanese losing four aircraft carriers and being put on the defensive for the remainder of the war.
The Battle of Midway
What allied country kept the territory and land that they supposedly were liberating?
USSR (Soviet Union)
What was the incident where Sailors beat Hispanics, and then the Hispanics were arrested called?
Zoot suit riots
This is considered the deadliest bombings in history, with close to a million casualties.
Firebombing of Tokyo
The deadliest battle in Marine Corp history. It occurred to give pilots an emergency landing place on bombing runs of Japan and is immortalized with the picture of Marines Raising the Flag!
Iwo Jima
Isaroku Yamamoto
Who was the Prime Minister of Japan during WW2?
Hideki Tojo
What was the program that allowed Mexican field laborers to travel to the US to work in the fields?
Bracero program
General George McArthur