People
Places
Things
Events
Concepts
100

Leader of Germany

Adolf Hitler

100

United States' naval base in Hawaii

Pearl Harbor

100

Its terms are responsible for the Axis powers' actions

Treaty of Versailles

100

Japan's second attack on a US naval base

Battle of Midway

100

used to portray sides of a war as being good or bad

propaganda

200

planner of the invasion of Normandy (D-Day)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

200

The US ended this nation's isolation in the mid-1800's

Japan

200

political activist group that wanted the US to remain neutral

America First Committee (AFC)

200
Catalyst of the war in Asia

invasion of Manchuria

200

staying out of foreign affairs

isolationism

300

US President at the end of WWII

Harry S. Truman

300

The "Big 3" met here for the Allies to collaborate

Tehran

300

increased rates of this end the Great Depression

employment/ job creation

300

Catalyst of the war in Europe

invasion of Poland

300

preserving scarce or important resources

rationing

400
US President at the beginning of WWII
Franklin D. Roosevelt
400

a nation in the Pacific controlled by the US before Japan invaded

Philippines

400

A collaborative effort to create the 1st atomic bomb

Manhattan project

400

civil liberties of American citizens being suppressed

Japanese-American internment

400

The US invading strategic islands in the Pacific

island hopping

500
leader of the Manhattan Project

J. Robert Oppenheimer

500

Japanese cities that the US used the A-bomb on

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

500

Alliance that forms the Axis Powers

Tripartite Pact

500

A battle that led to the opening of the Western Front

D-day/ invasion of Normandy

500

when the effects of war impact everyone in a country

Total War

600
Emperor of Japan

Hirohito

600

Where the D-Day invasions occurred

France

600

establishes the first peacetime draft in US history

Selective Training and Service Act

600

Japan's efforts to catch up to the develop countries' progress

Meji Restoration

600

Describes the Japanese's level of dedication to their cause

fanaticism/ bushido