Causes of WWII
The U.S. maintained this policy of limiting its interactions with other nations, especially in terms of joining wars.
What is isolationism?
This is what it is called when you conserve scarce resources for the war effort.
What is rationing?
stylish suits worn by young black and latino men; considered unpatriotic during WWII because of the amount of fabric it used
What are Zoot Suits?
The U.S. bombed these 2 Japanese cities to bring an end to WWII.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
group that supported the ratification of the Constitution
Who were the Federalists?
This organization was created after World War I to promote peace and prevent war.
What is the League of Nations?
American were asked to buy these in order to invest money in WWII
What are war bonds?
Who are the Navajo?
OR
Who are the Navajo Code Talkers?
the world learned about this event at the end of WWII in Europe when U.S. and Soviet soldiers were closing in on Germany
What is the Holocaust?
group that supported adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
Many U.S. Senators were concerned that the terms of this treaty would require the U.S. to go to war on behalf of other nations.
As a result the U.S. did not sign the treaty or join the League of Nations.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
These 2 groups worked in wartime industry on the home front in both world wars.
Who are women and African Americans?
labor agreement that allowed millions of Mexican immigrants to work in agriculture during and after World War II
What was the Bracero program?
an argument in favor of dropping the atomic bomb on Japan
It could save lives by preventing a full-scale invasion of mainland Japan.
This document showed strong support for nations fighting fascist aggression when President Woodrow Wilson and Prime Minister Winston Churchill agreed upon goals for the war.
What was the Atlantic Charter?
Names of the 2 major ally groups in World War II.
What are the Allied Powers and Axis Powers?
this is a type of garden that people could plant to supplement their rations during WWII
What are victory gardens?
this organization was formed during WWII and laid the groundwork for the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950’s and 1960’s
What is the Double V Campaign?
an argument against dropping the atomic bomb on Japan
It was extremely destructive, killing approximately 200,000 people in the bomb blast and immediate aftermath.
Purposes of the Reconstruction Amendments (13th, 14th, & 15th)
13th - outlawed slavery
14th - guaranteed citizenship rights for freed people
15th - voting rights for black men (in theory)What do the 3 events below have in common?
There were harsh terms for Germany in the Treaty of Versailles.
The rise of dictators in Germany, Italy, and Japan.
A worldwide economic crisis created instability in many countries.
What are causes of World War II?
compromise that President Roosevelt made with civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph when Randolph called for the desegregation of the U.S. military
What is desegregation of wartime industry?
Two reasons that motivated the U.S. government to put people of Japanese descent into internment camps during WWII.
1. fear of spies
2. anger over the attack at Pearl Harbor
international organization created after WWII to promote peace and prevent war; replaced the League of Nations; still exists today
What is the United Nations?
Purposes of the Progressive Era Amendments (16th, 17th, 18th, & 19th)
16th - federal income tax
17th - direct election of U.S. Senators
18th - alcohol outlawed
19th - women's suffrage / voting