US Pre-1941
Dictators came into power because of these two reasons....
What are the Treaty of Versailles and economic depression?
It was a carefully planned attack on Jewish businesses and synagogues in Germany and Austris
What is Kristallnacht?
FDR's famous statement following the attack on Pearl Harbor
What is "A day which will live in infamy...?"
He pushed for a two front war so that Germany would have to divide their troops
Who was Stalin?
The goals of the US and Britain for after the war were stated in this
What is the Atlantic Charter?
According to this, nations were allowed to buy arms from the US so long as they paid in cash and transported the materials themselves
What is the Neutrality Act of 1939?
This policy was initially followed so that the US could focus on recovering from the Great Depression
What is appeasement?
Japanese citizens were forced into this during the war.
What are internment camps?
After this battle, Japan never threatened Pacific domination again.
He designed the layout of the United Nations
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
President Roosevelt did this to stop Japanese expansion
What is an embargo on naval and aviation supplies?
The Japanese attacked ships and planes here that threatened their expansion efforts in the Pacific.
Where is Pearl Harbor?
Hitler's plan to exterminate all Jews in the Third Reich
What was the "final solution?"
This battle put Germany on the defensive for the rest of the war
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
Site of the famous flag-raising on Mt. Suribachi
Where is the Battle of Iwo Jima?
The Nye Committee charged that this influenced America's entry into the war
What are American Arms manufacturers
Known as "the Axis"
Who are Germany, Italy and Japan?
A war effort to achieve victory over racism at home and Hitler's racism
What was the Double V campaign?
The secret American program to build an atomic bomb
What is the Manhattan Project?
The Big Three who met at Yalta and Potsdam to determine the post-WWII world
They thought that Axis aggressions were wrong and threatened American interests
Who are the Interventionists?
The US government transformed peacetime industries to wartime industries after...
What is declaring war?
They provided a code that the Japanese could not break
Who were the Navajo?
Trials for crimes against humanity were held here
Where is Nuremberg, Germany?
He is known as the "father of the atomic bomb."