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Axis or Allies
100

The term for close range air battles during WW2 was?

Dogfights

100

What were the names of the atomic bombs dropped on

Hiroshima

Nagasaki

Little Boy

Fat Man

100

A policy of giving in to another to please them and avoid war or a conflict.

appeasement

100
The date when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and brought the U.S. into WW II.
What is December 7th, 1941?
100

Dictator of Spain

Francisco Franco

200

a major World War II meeting held in February 1945 where leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union (the "Big Three") met to discuss the final defeat of Germany and the postwar world

Yalta Conference

200

During WW2 what soldiers used their own language to  radio vital messages during the island hopping campaign

Navajo

200
The name of the African American squadron who was vital to the success of the Allied victory in Italy.
What is the Tuskegee Airmen?
200

D-Day invasion took place in ________, France.

Normandy

200

Agreement signed between Germany and Soviet Union in 1939

Non-aggression pact 

300

German counter attack in 1944 that temporarily slowed down the Allied invasion

Battle of the Bulge

300

The Purple Heart Battalion was made up entirely of what group of people

Japanese-Americans

300

many Mexican-American youths were attacked by a mob of ________ in the summer of 1943 and was referred to as what?

Sailors

Zoot-suit riots

300
The name given to the fighting that occurred between Germany and the British just before Hitler called off an invasion of England.
What is the "Battle of Britain?"
300

Many people left rural areas and limited the # of people to work on farms so the US formed what program to alleviate this?

Bracero

400

Under pressure, FDR passed Executive Order 8802 which dealt with what?

Fair hiring practices or fighting segregation 

400

This man was the leader in the Double V campaign which fought fascism abroad and racial discrimination at home

A. Philip Randolph 

400

The mission that became the first time the Americans bombed the Japanese after Pearl Harbor. Showed the US that Tokyo was vulnerable.

What is the "Doolittle Raid?"

400

This represented and encouraged women to join war effort opportunities decline after war

Rosie the Riveter 

400

What were the 2 main ways that the US would pay for WW2?

Taxes

War Bonds

500

The US began to mobilize its economy after Pearl Harbor. What was the name of the Board that oversaw the conversion of peacetime industry to war industry

War Production Board
500

Japan had its eye on this American owned island and in response the US did what to Japan?

Philippines

Embargo

500

In 1940, FDR and the US enacted this act in preparation for possible war.

Selective Service Act

500

The name of the only port remaining open for the Allies in the German invasion of France.

 It was a major military operation during World War II where British and Allied troops were evacuated and saved.

What is Dunkirk?

500

FDR gave a speech where he stated that everybody deserves 4 freedoms: freedom from want, freedom from fear and

freedom of speech

freedom of worship