Causes
This caused the Great Depression
The Stock Market Crash
The Japanese saw this action as "Stealing their money"
President Roosevelt froze Japanese assets.
It was important for Russia to defend this Capital city.
Moscow
Wall built by Khrushchev to stop communists from leaving East Berlin.
Berlin Wall
The Great Depression
British Policy to let Hitler take land
Appeasement
This outraged Americans and ultimately caused them to declare war against Japan.
The attack on Pearl Harbor
Important allied victory at Eastern Front that caused Germany to retreat
Battle of Stalingrad
Truman did this every day for a year.
Flew in supplies to West Berlin
Way for the US to finance the war besides war bonds.
Raising taxes
Alliance made with the intention to keep peace
League of Nations
Why does Germany declare war on the United States?
America declared war on Japan, an ally of Germany.
America did this to Alleviate pressure on Stalin from the Eastern Front
Communists in East Berlin wanted to escape to West Berlin because of this.
West Berlin was Capitalist.
Promises of payment from the government.
Bonds
The belief that communism was an evil force that needed to be stopped from spreading
Containment
Japanese Cities Bombed by America
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
After this event, Germany continued to stubbornly fight Americans and refuse to give up.
Italian surrender
The result of China's Civil War which sparked uneasiness in America.
China was now Communist, meaning Communism was spreading.
War materials first, consumer goods second
Rationing
Alliance created with the intention to keep peace, except the countries running it were allowed to use force to stop a country if necessary.
United Nations
Operation launched against Germany in June of 1944.
D-Day
Strategy so that Germany could never fully recover for war.
Strategic Bombings
This action by the Soviet Union posed a threat to the power of postwar America.
The Soviet Union tested an atomic bomb.
By the end of WW2, the encouragement for women to leave their homes and even serve in the military meant a lot to this.
The change in the traditional role of women