World War II

The Holocaust

100

Name of the ship carrying Jewish refugees the US turned back, condemning many to death. 

What is the St. Louis

200

The most famous book burning involved the destruction of books focusing on what topics?

Sexual identity and gender transformation

300

While the primary targets of the Holocaust were European Jews, these people were also imprisoned and/or exterminated.

Romani, people with disabilities, LGBTQAI+ Europeans, Black Germans, political opponents, Slavs

400

This was the most infamous extermination camp.

Auschwitz

500

This American businessman encouraged the Holocaust by spreading antisemitic propaganda and selling Germany materials. 

Henry Ford

German Expansionism

100

Name of the border region between France and Germany that Germany reclaimed, in violation of the Treaty of Versailles.

Rhineland. 

200

Germany invaded the Western part of this country, recently created by the Treaty of Versailles. 

Czechoslovakia 

300

Term describing the policy taken by France and Britain, allowing Germany to expand its territory in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. 

Appeasement

400

France and Britain declared war on Germany when it invaded this country. 

Poland

500

Hitler laid out his plan for expansionism in his book, which he wrote while in jail for trying to overthrow the government. 

Mein Kampf

The Japanese in WWII

100

Japan invaded this Chinese region in the early 1930s.

Manchuria

200

Nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans were sent to these during the war. 

internment camps

300

This major Japanese city was firebombed prior to the use of atomic weapons.

Tokyo

400

Name given to the top-secret program that developed the atomic bombs. 

Manhattan Project

500

Japan's militarist wartime Prime Minister who led the nation into war. 

Hideki Tojo

Major Combatants

100

Germany, Italy and Japan were known as this during the war. 

Axis Powers

200

Britain, France, China the US and Soviet Union made up this group.

The Allied Powers

300

The US promised to allow this Allied nation to retain its colonies following the war. 

France

400

Germany signed a mutual nonaggression pact with this nation, only to invade it later.

The Soviet Union

500

Benito Mussolini turned this nation into the world's first fascist state. 

Italy

(In)Famous Americans

100

American President who declared war on Japan and ordered Japanese internment

Franklin Roosevelt

200

American President who ordered the atomic bombing of Japan

Harry Truman

300

Famous pilot who cozied up to the Nazis and opposed US involvement in the war

Charles Lindbergh

400

American priest who used his radio program to spread antisemitic propaganda 

Charles Coughlin

500

Wartime General who argued against the use of atomic weapons, and later became President

Dwight Eisenhower