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Alliances in WW2
Start of WW2
The U.S. Homefront
Victory in Europe
Victory in Asia
100
Countries that made up the Axis Powers
Who are Germany, Italy, and Japan?
100
The event that started the war
What is the invasion of Poland by Germany?
100

Foods like sugar, butter, meat, and eggs were limited, so the United States set up a _____ system.  

What is rationing? 

100
The American Army General who led the greatest sea invasion in history when 5,000 ships carried Allied soldiers from Britain to France.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
100

The deadliest weapon to ever be used in war up to this point.

What was the atomic bomb?

200

Countries that made up the Allied Powers

Who are Britain, France, Soviet Union, and the U.S.?

200

The act that allowed the U.S. to sell, lend, or give ships, planes, and tanks to the Allies. (Many Americans worried this would drag the U.S. into the war.) 

What was the Lend-lease Act? 

200
The American people grew these in their backyards, so they would free up fruits and vegetables for the armed forces. 

What is a victory garden? 

200
The invasion of Normandy was called _____, or the day of the attack.
What is D-Day?
200

The city that was bombed first by the atomic bomb.

What is Hiroshima?

300

The dictator of Italy. 

Who was Benito Mussolini? 

300

Event that brought the U.S. into the war. 

What was the bombing of Pearl Harbor? 

300
"Yesterday, ______--a date which will live in infamy--the United States was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." ~ President Franklin Roosevelt
What was December 7, 1941?
300
The Allies squeezed Germany from two directions. When Germany finally surrendered on May 8, 1945 this day was known as _____.
What is V-E Day, or Victory in Europe Day?
300

President who authorized the drop of the Atomic Bombs? 

Who was President Harry S. Truman?

400

This event in history caused hard times everywhere. People blamed their governments and looked to new leaders, even dictators, to fix their problems. 

What was the Great Depression? 

400

Country the U.S. declared war on

Who was Japan? 

400

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, many Japanese Americans were unfairly moved to _____ _____ . 

What were Internment Camps? 

400

**DOUBLE POINTS** 

Give 2 examples of new war technology used during WW2. 

* Aircraft carrier or "flat tops" * Bombers or Fighter Planes * Radar * Radio * Navajo Code Talker 

(Tanks were used in WWI, Submarines were used in the Civil War, Machine guns were also used during the Civil War) 


400

Where the 2nd atomic bomb was dropped. 

What is Nagasaki? 

500

A ruler who has total power over a country. 

What is a dictator? 

500

_____ signed a pact with Germany agreeing that their nations would not attack each other. Hint: this pact was broken.

What was the Soviet Union? or, Who was Joseph Stalin?  

500
_____ became a symbol of the women who kept American factories running during WW2.
Who was "Rosie the Riveter"?
500

The Allies witnessed these horrors upon entering Germany and Poland. 

What were concentration camps? Or, what was the Holocaust? Or, what was genocide? 

500

This Emperor agreed to the Allies' terms for surrender. 

Who was Hirohito?