Major Battles and Bombings
Japan and the US
America and the War
Holocaust
Miscellaneous
100
What was the first battle for the USA of World War II?
Pearl Harbor December 7,1941
100

This Pearl Harbor military base was attacked in which curren US state?

Hawaii

100

This allowed people to only have a fixed amount of essential goods during WWII

Rationing

100

This term means discrimination against Jews?

Anti-Semitism


100

This type of bias poster encouraged Americans to conserve, hate the enemy, enlist, and invest

Propaganda

200

What battle violated the non-aggression pact and was a turning point and a victory for the Soviet Union?

Battle of Stalingrad

200

This is the name of the forced 60 mile march of Philippine and American soldiers in harsh and cruel conditions

Bataan Death March

200

These government issued "promise" notes were sold during the war and were bought by over 85% of all Americans

Savings Bonds

200

Night of Broken Glass where Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues were destroyed. Many believe this is the true beginning of the Holocaust.

Kristallnact

200

This campaign's goal was a victory for African Americans at home against segregation and abroad against fascism

The Double V Campaign

300
What two cities were destroyed by the USA with the atomic bomb on August 6 and August 9th of 1945
Heroshima and Nagasaki
300

What was the American military strategy in the Pacific?

Island Hopping

300

Americans were asked to grow these to help save all of our produced food for the war

Liberty Gardens

300

These laws segregated Jews from German society?

Nuremberg Laws

300

The number one reason that Truman felt he had no other choice than to drop the bomb was this.

Save American Lives

400

The Battle of Britain was mainly fought here.

In the air

400

Area where Japanese Americans were relocated for their "safety" after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

Internment Camps

400

This famous propaganda poster of a strong beautiful working woman in a scarf was aptly named this.

Rosie the Riveter

400

This failure of a conference gave Hitler the green light to commit genocide on undesirables in Europe.

Evian Conference

400

The most devastating legacy of the war

Deadliest war in history

500
What battle in WWII is known as D-Day?
The Battle of Normandy
500

When this island was captured, the Americans raised a now famous flag raising picture.

Iwo Jima

500

These "Acts" were America's foreign policy position before our involvement in WWII.

The Neutrality Acts (Lend/Lease-Cash/Carry)

500

This Soviet leader was allied with the United States and helped liberate prisoners from concentration camps. 

Josef Stalin

500

This Soviet Union was allied with Americans during WWII. These countries have very different ways of life. The United States economy was always capitalist, while the Soviet Union's economy was:

Communist