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WWII
100

Who was the leader of the U.S. during most of WWII? What happened to him?

F.D.R. He died 

100
What was one country that had been friendly with Hitler and later joined Allies?
Soviet Union
100
What did people do at home to help with the war effort?
Victory gardens, ration and volunteer
100

What strategy did the U.S. use to fight in the Pacific?

Island Hopping

100
Name the two main powers that fought during WWII?
Axis Power and Allies
200
Who led the Nazis?
Adolf Hitler
200
Where was the American fleet anchored on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked?
Pearl Harbor
200

What happened to Japanese Americans during WWII?

Faced discrimination/ sent to Internment camps 

200

What was a dogfight in WWII?

Fight in the air/battle of planes 

200
What 3 countries made up the Axis powers?
Italy, Japan and Germany
300
Who was the Prime Minister that led Great Britain through the worst years of WWII?
Winston Churchill
300

What was the Allied invasion of France that began on June 6, 1944 called?

D-Day

300

Why did President Truman order bombs to be dropped on Japan?

To end the war.

300

What is the mistreatment/murder of Jews and disabled people called?

Holocaust

300

What countries made up the Allies?

 Great Britain, France, US, Russia

400

What group of African American soldiers helped the war efforts?

Tuskegee Airmen

400
The Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act to help Europeans fight what country?
Germany
400

When Hitler first started invading other countries the US passed a policy to what?

Remain neutral/not get involved in the war. 

400
What was VJ Day?

The day Japan surrendered.

400

What caused Japan to surrender during WWII?

The U.S. dropped atomic bombs.

500

Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill met in Yalta to do what?

Plan for the end of WWII. (Yalta Conference).

500

What worldwide economic change came after WWII?

Many countries were divided by Communism and Democracy and stayed independent. 

500

Why did the U.S. make political alliances after the war?

To help spread the control of Communism.

500

What was a Jewish Ghetto?

A place to hold Jewish people until they went to concentration camps. 

500

What are two things Germans did to promote hatred for Jews?

blamed them/made them wear yellow stars/ declared them non-citizens