American Culture
What did the war do for the Woman's rights movement
led to it gaining momentum
How did Americans feel after pearl harbor?
almost all wanted to immediately declare war on Japan
large ships that can launch Air crafts off of them
Aircraft carriers
America joined the war because of which attack?
Pearl Harbor
Who was the president during Pearl Harbor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Why did the Woman's rights movement gain momentum during this time
Showed women were strong contributors to the workforce and many women kept their jobs after the war
Started American Involvement in the Pacific
Pearl Harbor
launched underwater from a plane to hit the bottom of a ship
Torpedo
Japan attacked America because
resources, & to stop them from interfering in expansion across Asia
What happened to FDR in office
He Died
Camps the US put Japanese Americans in during WW2
Internment Camps
Turning point of the war in the Pacific
Midway
Suicide attacks by the Japanese usually by crashing planes directly into the Americans
Kamikaze
What happened after America dropped the 2 atomic bombs on Japan
Japan Surrendered, effectively ending the war
What year did the war end
1945
budgeting resources in preparation for the USA to go to war. For example. You can only buy 4 gallons of milk per month
Rationing
This battle featured heavy kamikaze attacks and high casualties and was part of Island Hopping
Okinawa
This machine helped break enemy codes and shorten the war
Code breaker
Happened after America gained the upper hand after the Battle of Midway. Involves going from island to island. capturing the strategically positioned islands
Island Hopping
This U.S. president made the decision to drop the atomic bombs
Harry Truman
What economic event did WW2 help get America out of
The Great Depression
Two cities that America dropped the atomic bombs on
Hiroshima, then Nagasaki
Extremely Destructive Bomb Used to end the war swiftly
atomic bombs
why did America nuke Japan as opposed to invading them?
the USA thought that invading would have led to more casualties
what were the 2 atomic bombs called
Little Boy & Fat Man