Causes
This treaty officially ended World War I and placed the blame on Germany.
Treaty of Versailles
During the war, who was the President of the United States (for most of the war)?
Franklin Delanor Roosevelt (FDR)
True or False: Early on in the war, Hitler invaded places like Norway and Denmark.
True
Before the war, Imperial Japan was angering countries like the U.S., France, and Great Britain because they were trying to ____________ other southeastern Asian areas.
Invade, take over, annex
This event led to the United States declaring war on Japan, thus entering World War II
The attack on Pearl Harbor
This event in 1929 in the United States was a signal of hard economic times ahead for the entire world.
Stock Market Crash of 1929
Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II?
Winston Churchill
In the early part of the war, Hitler used this military tactic to overpower the Allied forces
Blitzkrieg (lightning war)
True or False: Pearl Harbor was the only area the Japanese attacked on December 7th, 1941
False
These were sold by the U.S. government to finance the war and allowed Americans to show support for the war effort
War Bonds
Great Britain and France "failed" to do this with Hitler whilst he was invading other areas around Germany
Failure of appeasement
Who was the Italian dictator that allied his forces with Hitler during World War II?
Benito Mussolini
The technology that allowed for people to detect when their enemies where nearing in the skies, on land, or by sea was called
Radar
_____________ was the strategy used by the United States command. The United States selectively chose a path that would move U.S. naval forces closer and closer to the Japanese mainland.
Island hopping
These types of messages (visual, artistically, and in words) tried to keep Americans focused on the war effort
Propoganda
Germany invaded this country on September 1, 1939.
Poland
Before the war began, Adolf Hitler signed a "non-aggression pact" with which leader?
Joseph Stalin
The event in which we learned about the mass rescue attempt of over 300,000 Allied troops on the coast of France was called:
Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)
A "turning point" of the war in the Pacific was when the Japanese lost this specific battle
The Battle of Midway
These groups of Americans were forced to move to internment camps on the U.S. west coast during the war
Japanese-Americans
Germany signed a non-aggression pact with this country before launching their invasion of their eastern neighbor.
Soviet Union
American general known for fighting in the Pacific during the war and his famous "I shall return" quote regarding the Philippines
General Douglas MacArthur
The Battle of Britain was fought between the British ______________ and the German ______________.
Royal Air Force and Luftwaffe
The Japanese inflicted the ________________, a brutal 85-mile march forced on American and Filipino POWs. 16,000 souls perished along the way.
Bataan Death March
The famous propaganda poster that motivated women to be involved in supporting the war effort had a woman featured who would become known as
"Rosie the Riveter"