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.