WWII
Why was U.S. forced to join WW2?
Because Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
World War II was fought from ___ to ___.
1939, 1945
What German started the Nazi Party?
Adolf Hitler
What side did the United States join in WWII?
Allies
The Geneva Convention
Attempted to ensure the humane and just treatment of prisoners of war by establishing rules to be followed by all nations
Harry Truman
Became president when FDR died; gave the order to drop the atomic bomb
When the Germans attacked quickly, by tanks and air, it was referred to as...
Blitzkrieg
What was June 6, 1944, the day the allied troops landed on the beaches of Northern France, known as?
D-Day
In response to Japans invasion of Manchuria and China, the United States did what?
Established an embargo (ban) on oil and steel
Hitlers "Final Solution" was his plan to...
Exterminate all Jews
How did the US deal with Japanese Americans on the West Coast?
Forced to move to Internment Camps
Who was the president during the Attack on Pearl Harbor?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Lend-Lease Act was passed by Congress in response to what?
German aggression in Europe
WWII was ended after the US bombing of...
Hiroshima and Nagaski
The deliberate murdering of 6 million Jews by the Nazis is known as what?
Holocaust
What was emphasized at the Nuremburg Trials?
Individual responsibility for actions during the war, regardless of orders
The invasions of which two islands brought American forces closer than ever to Japan?
Iwo-Jima & Okinawa
The Axis Powers consisted of...
Japan, Germany, Italy
Hitler targeted many groups as scapegoats (someone to blame for Germany's troubles), which group made up a majority of his victims?
Jewish people
Civil Liberties Act of 1988
Official government apology for Japanese Internment
Through the Destroyer Deal, Great Britain exchanged military bases throughout Bermuda and the Caribbean in return for what? (From the United States)
Old Naval Warships
Navajo Indians
Served as code talkers throughout the Pacific
Korematsu v. United States, 1944
Supreme Court case upholding Japanese Internment
Where did Great Britain succeed in stopping Hitler from accessing the Suez Canal?
The Battle of El-Alamein
Battle of Midway
The turning point for Americans in the Pacific, succeeded in cracking Japanese code, known as the "Miracle at Midway"
Nagasaki and Hiroshima
The two cities in Japan which the Americans dropped atomic bombs on.
Which of the following best describes the D-Day invasion?
Troops land on the beaches of Normandy under heavy fire to successfully liberate France and Western Europe.
What was the name of the highly respected African American fighter group from World War II?
Tuskegee Airmen
Which of the following were Allied Powers during World II?
United States, Soviet Union (Russia), United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Navajo soldiers in the U.S. Army were also known as...
code-talkers
WWII started after Hitler and the Germans...
invaded Poland
"a date which will live in infamy"
quote by FDR after Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941 is...
the day Pearl Harbor was attacked.