US Government Action
Executive Order 9066 forced members of this ethnic group to be incarcerated in the American West due to fears of their disloyalty.
Who are Japanese Americans/Japanese immigrants
This country, led by fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, surrendered after Allied forces invaded Sicily.
What is Italy?
Who are women?
This international organization failed to intervene when Japan, Germany and Italy engaged in aggressive actions around the world.
What is the League of Nations
This late 1930s law shifted America away from isolationism by allowing the US to sell weapons of war on a "cash and carry" basis.
What is the Neutrality Act of 1939?
This is the term for Douglas MacArthur's strategy in the Pacific. It allowed him to keep his enemies on their toes while his forced avoided Pacific islands that were heavily defended.
What is island-hopping?
In order to help fund the war, the US government sold these.
What are war bonds?
This event which occurred on June 6th, 1944, allowed the Allies to open up a second front in France. It led to the liberation of Paris and later, the rest of Europe.
What is D-Day (Operation Overlord)
This American President had to make a tough decision in August of 1945. He made the decision in an attempt to "save American lives".
What is Harry Truman?
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Americans engaged with the the Japanese in the Philippines. The Japanese were victorious and forced their POWs on this brutal trek.
What is the Bataan Death March?
Americans were encouraged to do this, in order to save needed supplies for soldiers fighting in the war. An example would be eating less meat.
What is rationing?
This agreement in 1938 appeased Hitler and the Nazis by allowing them to invade the Sudetenland.
What is the Munich Pact?
This speech by Franklin Roosevelt indicated that he was willing to move away from isolationism. In it, he addressed speech, religion, poverty and fear.
What is the Four Freedoms Speech?
This battle was a turning point victory for the Soviets against the Germans. It was the single deadliest battle in human history.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
This is the term for violence that was inflicted on Latinos on the homefront at the hands of US servicemen. It refers to the clothing worn by many civilians at the time.
What are the zoot suit riots?
This pact between the US and Great Britain stated that both countries would work to protect the establishment of free governments throughout the world
What is the Atlantic Charter?
This Presidential decision sought to end hiring discrimination against African Americans in defense industries.
What is Executive Order 8802?
This turning point victory for the US in the Pacific occurred as a result of American code breakers.
What is the Battle of Midway?
This was the term for the program that brought laborers from Mexico to the United States to work on American farms and help provide for the war effort.
What is the Bracero Program?
This is the term for the final German offensive of the war. It was a failure.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?