Aggression
Who are the three leaders of the Axis powers, and what country do they serve?
Hitler (Germany)
Hirohito (Japan)
Mussolini (Italy)
Who was president during the majority of WWII?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who had to make a tough call on utilizing the atomic bombs?
Harry Truman
What term, used in WWII where US citizens were only allowed a certain amount of things such as sugar, coffee, meat, butter, etc.?
Rationing
Who was prime minister of the United Kingdom during most of World War II?
Winston Churchill
What did the League of Nations fail to do?
They failed to stop Hitler's aggression and let him take back German territories lost after WWI
What was the largest sea invasion in History and was did it result in?
D-day, resulted in reclaiming France from German control
What campaign brought the US closer and closer to Japan?
"Island Hopping"
Rosie the Riveter was a symbol and promotor of what?
Women working in factories to aid the war effort
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?
Joseph Stalin
What country did Germany invade that sparked WWII?
Poland
Who did Hitler target during the Holocaust?
People he deemed "inferior" to pure Germans, mainly Jews
Kamikazes often did what?
They would sacrifice themselves by crashing their planes into US ships
Most people started what, in order to have their own fruits and vegetables to eat?
"Victory Gardens"
What was the international organization created to maintain peace in the aftermath of World War II?
The United Nations
A strong sense of Nationalism lead to the mindset and execution of what type of government?
Fascism
If people in concentration camps were not killed by gas chamber or firing squad, how else might they have perished?
Labor, disease, or starvation
What are the two cities the United States dropped an atomic bomb on? And what did it lead to?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Leading to VJ day - Victory in Japan day
What group of young black men served in the war as pilots protecting bomber planes?
Tuskegee Airmen
Which former first lady of the United States worked with the United Nations to write the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Eleanor Roosevelt
What caused the United States to officially join WWII? (What was the date?)
The attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan on December 7, 1941
May 8, 1945 is known as what?
VE day - Victory in Europe day
What island did the United States gain control over that was an advantage?
Iwo Jima
What did women build in factories during WWII and what was the main tool used?
They built airplanes and ships with clamps called rivets.
How did geography play a role in the aggressive expansion of Japan prior to World War II?
Japan lacked a lot of resources, so Japan invaded countries that had the resources it wanted.