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This is the year WWII began.
What is 1939.
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The United States entered WWII because of this.
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese.
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He was the president of the United States when the U.S. entered WWII.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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The approximate number of people that died in Japan when the bomb was dropped on Hirohsima and Nagaski.
What is 300,000 people.
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A location in which research was being done to create the atomic bomb.
What is Los Alamos, New Mexico; Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Richland, WA.
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He was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII.
Who is Joseph Stalin.
200
The three main ally countries during WWII.
What are the U.S., England, and the Soviet Union.
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The name of another country besides the U.S. that was also doing experiments to create an atomic bomb but later quit.
What is Germany
200
This happened to the sand in the desert when the "gadget" was tested.
What is melted and turned to green glass.
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The name of the secret project in which scientists created the atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project.
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People needed these to buy food during WWII.
What are ration books or ration stamps.
300
Scientists ability to do this to an atom allowed for the creation of the atomic bomb.
What is split the atom.
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The program to create the bomb cost approximately this much.
What was 2 billion dollars or 25 billion dollars in current U.S. funds.
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He was the leader of Italy during WWII.
Who is Benito Mussolini.
300
This was the superhero created during WWII to promote patriotism and involvement in the war effort.
Who is Captain America.
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WWII affected fashion in the U.S. in this way.
What is skirts became shorter and men's suits became vest-less. Less fabric was used to make clothing.
400
He was the leader of Japan during WWII.
Who is Emperor Hirohito.
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He was the leader of England during WWII.
Who is Winston Churchill.
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The other country doing experiments to develop the atomic bomb discontinued their experiments for this reason.
What is the scientists were Jewish.
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This was the name given to the mass killing of the Jews and others considered "undesirable" as ordered by Hitler.
What is the Holocaust.
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These were the three main axis countries during WWII.
What were Italy, Germany, and Japan.
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This was the reason the U.S. justified dropping the bomb on Japan.
What is an invasion would have caused more deaths--fewer American and Japanese soldiers would die if the bomb was dropped instead of having to participate in hand to hand combat in Japan.
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This is when all segments of society and all levels of the economy dedicate themselves to victory.
What is "total war".
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U.S. factories that previously produced things such as toys and typewriters began producing these during the war.
What are compasses and rifles.
500
These are ways regular people, including children, could help support the war effort (at least 2 examples are needed to get the points).
What is recycle scrap, ration food, cut back on travel to save gasoline, collect old tires, recycle scrap metal and fabric.