Technology
Where was the atomic bomb dropped?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Zoot suit riots
Series of riots in Los Angeles where American city residents carried out violence against Black and Mexican people wearing the Zoot suits.
Kamikaze pilots
What was the Japanese suicide bombers?
Which two main countries were occupied by Germany?
France and Poland.
The Berlin Wall
What was the wall that separated Berlin into east and west?
A bombsight was _____
The Norden Bombsight was used by the USAAC during WWII, and it ensured accuracy during bomb drops.
Why were women more accepted in the workforce at this time?
Because there was a labor shortage due to all the men being off to fight.
Island hopping
What was the strategy used by the USA to get to Japan?
Who was the dictator in Italy at this time?
Mussolini.
What were the two main powers after WWII?
The USA and USSR.
What was a B-17?
A type of bomber used extensively by the US Army Air Corp during WWII.
The Bracero Program was...
Agreements between US and Mexico to allow immigrants into the USA on the condition that they would work due to the labor shortage.
A Blitzkrieg
What was the tactic used by Germans when bombing the UK?
Was Russia an Axis or Allied power?
Both. At the beginning of the war they were allied with Germany on the promise they wouldn't be invaded. Hitler went back on his word, so Russia joined the Allies. Being sent to the Eastern Front was generally seen as a death sentence for Germans at the time.
McCarthyism
Anti-communist movement accusing non-conforming parts of society of being communists.
A Mae West was _____
A nick-name for life preservers.
War Bonds
What was the practice of investing in the government so they could fund the war, with the promise that you would be payed back after.
D-day
What was the allied invasion of Normandy?
Pearl Harbor
What was the Japanese attack on a US Naval Base that caused the US to enter the war?
Why were women shoved out of the workforce at this time?
Because the men were back home, so women were pushed back into traditional roles.
The coding device used by the Germans, the codes changed every day.
What is the Enigma?
It was broken because someone noticed that every message ended with "Heil Hitler" so they were able to reverse engineer the code from that.
What was Rosie the Riveter an example of?
Propaganda
What is AA?
Anti-Aircraft guns used by both sides to protect against aerial attack.
The Lend-Lease Act
Shortly before the US entered the war, it provided military equipment to the allied countries, namely Britain.
USS Missouri
What was the place where the Japanese Instrument of Surrender Signed?