Totalitarian Governments
The fascist leader in Germany.
Who is Hitler?
Axis Powers
This event caused the United States to declare war on Japan.
Pearl Harbor
This group of people worked in the factories and were symbolized by Rosie the Riveter.
Women
A form of government that permits no individual freedoms.
Totalitarianism
The leader of Italy during WWII.
Mussolini
This was the name for the alliance between the United States, England, France, and eventually the Soviet Union.
Allied Powers
Japan's invasion of this country caused tension between the United States and Japan leading up to the war.
China
This group of people left the South to work in wartime industries, served in the military, and worked as nurses.
African Americans
The policy that Europeans (specifically Great Britain) practiced towards Hitler to avoid war.
Appeasement
This worldwide event allowed many dictators to take power across Europe.
The Great Depression
The invasion of this country officially started WWII.
Poland
The United States dropped atomic bombs on these two Japanese cities.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This group spoke in a code that could not be cracked by the Japanese.
Native Americans/Navajo
At the end of WWI, this caused Germany to accept blame for the war, pay reparations, and weaken its military.
Treaty of Versailles
The leader of the Soviet Union during WWII.
Stalin
This city was bombed by the Germans when they tried to take over England.
London
As a result of Pearl Harbor, the United States passed Executive Order 9066. This executive order...
Moved people of Japanese decent to internment camps.
The United States allowed some people from this group to come to the United States to work during the war. Some women in this group worked as linguists.
Latinos/Latinas
Hitler and Stalin came to an agreement not to fight each other and to work together to invade Poland.
Non-aggression Pact
The military leader of Japan during WWII.
Tojo
Name 3 battles we discussed that took place in Europe.
D Day, Battle of Britain, The Fall of France, Stalingrad, Leningrad, Battle of the Bulge, Invasion of Italy, Operation Barbarossa
Name three of the battles we talked about that took place against Japan.
Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa
List three ways Americans contributed to the war effort.
Buying war bonds, planting victory gardens, rationing food and supplies, conducting different drives for materials
Leaders from various European countries came to an agreement with Hitler allowing Hitler to take over the Sudetenland (Western Czechoslovakia) and Hitler would not invade anywhere else.
Munich Agreement