HomeFront
System that restricted the amount of food and goods people may buy during wartime.
Rationing
Which battle in the Pacific led to the US Navy gaining the upper hand against the Japanese?
Battle of Midway
US President at the beginning of WWII.
FDR
What was America's initial stance towards involvement in WWII?
Neutrality
The secret development of the atomic bomb was led by whom?
Robert Oppenheimer
A propaganda character designed to increase production of female workers in the factories.
Rosie the Riveter
A military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands and bypassing others.
Island hopping
Fighter Group famous for shooting down over 200 enemy planes. African American pilots.
Tuskegee Airmen
What major event led to the United States' entry into WWII?
Pearl Harbor
Name 3 of the Axis Powers
Germany, Italy, Japan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia
Which group of people saw the biggest change in their status on the homefront during WW2?
Women
What secret program developed the atomic bomb?
Manhattan Project
Which battle had the code name Operation Overlord?
D-Day
Part of the Neutrality Acts of 1937 where the U.S. continued the selling of goods to all nations yet they had to pay in cash at the time of purchase and transport their own goods.
Cash and Carry
Name 3 of the Allied Powers
USA, UK, USSR, China, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Poland, South Africa, Yugoslavia, Mexico, the Philippines, Ethiopia, Iraq, Brazil, Bolivia, Iran, Colombia, Liberia, France, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Venezuela, Uruguay, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Lebanon.
A loan from a citizen to the government and paid back at a later date with interest.
War Bond
Name one of the cities that a nuclear bomb was dropped on.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki
What area of France did the Allies land on during the D-Day invasion?
Normandy
Supervised the manufacturing of war goods during WWII
War Production Board
What was the official name for D-Day?
Operation Overlord
Where were Japanese-American citizen sent to after Pearl Harbor?
Japanese Internment Camps
Which President made the decision to drop the atomic bomb?
Harry Truman
What was the final battle before Germany surrendered?
Battle of Berlin
An aerial battle fought in World War II in 1940 between the German Luftwaffe (air force), which carried out extensive bombing in Britain, and the British Royal Air Force, which offered successful resistance.
Battle of Britain
Black-Americans' campaign to earn victory on the home front (fight discrimination at home) and victory overseas (fighting the enemy Axis powers)
Double V Campaign