world war 2: 1939-1945

flying tigers

american volunteer fighter pilots whose main goal was to attack japan

secret code

navajo code talkers were best known for creating a _____ for communicating battle plans between allied units.

oil

one reason that japan attacked the u.s. naval base at pearl harbor was because the u.s out trade sanctions on ____.

vernon baker

only living african american to win the medal of honor

the invasion of poland

what event led directly to the outbreak of World War II?

oil

what the u.s. cut off from japan that angered them; leading to the bombing of pearl harbor

increase the food supply

what was the primary purpose of the program being promoted in the poster?

1939

what year did hitler invade poland causing WW2 to begin?

1941

what year did japan bomb pearl harbor?

1944

what year did the d-day invasion of normandy take place?

1898

what year did the spanish american war begin & end?

1929

what year did the stock market crash?

1917

what year did the us abandon neutrality and join WW1?

1914

what year did world war 1 begin because of the assassination of the archduke?

1918

what year did world war 1 end?

1945

what year was the atomic bomb dropped that ended WW2?

death march

when japanese forces occupied the bataan peninsula, many soldiers (US & Filipino) died during a forced ______.

they use their language to send secure messages between allied forces

which statement best explains how Navajo soldiers contributed to the war effort?

The beginning of World War II

The year 1939 was a turning point in world history because it marked -

4th and 14th amendment

amendments violated by executive order 9066; civil liberties

african american; honor

vernon baker was the only living ____ to win the medal of _____ in world war 2.

axis powers

Germany, Italy, and Japan

some people are ethnically inferior to others

The German Nazi regime carried out the holocausts based mostly on the belief that -

treaty of versailles

Wilsons treaty that ended World War I; angered germany (paying reparations, giving up land/military)

japan

after harry truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on hiroshima and nagasaki, world war 2 ended with ____ surrendering.

22nd amendment

constitutional amendment limiting presidential terms (due to FDR)

navajo code talkers

decoded/encoded military communications during WW2

tuskegee airmen

decreased opposition to the integration of the armed forces (african american fighter pilots)

raise money for the war effort

during World War II, the office of war information printed posters to -

ration books

ensured the fair distribution of scarce goods during WW2

atomic bomb

event that caused japan to surrender and world war 2 to end; 1945

bataan death march

forced death march across the bataan peninsula

executive order 9066

forced relocation of japanese americans to internment camps after the bombing of pearl harbor

office of war information

formed in 1942 and used propaganda to get americans to contribute to the war effort

allied powers

france, great britain, us, and soviet union

scarce

having little of something; very small amounts

normandy

in 1944, the u.s. allied expeditionary force was sent to invade the beaches at _____, france; referred to as d-day.

totalitarian governments and economic hardship

leading up to World War II, the major countries of the axis powers are characterized by -

navajo soldiers

made an important contribution to the allied war effort by encoding military communications.

holocaust

made genocide of jews during world war 2; initiated by adolf hitler

harry truman

president who decided to drop the atomic bomb on hiroshima and nagasaki

"will you join the u.s. armed forces?"

question asked of the japanese americans when released from the relocation centers to prove their loyalty

non-aggression pact

signed by germany and the soviet union; hitler went back on his word and invaded the soviet union

d-day; 1944

stormed the beaches of normandy, france; opened a new allied front

franklin d. roosevelt

the 22nd amendment was passed in response to the election of ______ to a fourth term.

new weapon

the acceleration of the manhattan project was designed to develop a _____ (atomic bomb) that would gain advantage over enemies.

japanese americans

the fourth and fourteenth amendments to the constitution were violated when the u.s. put _____ in relocation centers.

scarce

the government issued ration books during world war 2 in order to ensure the fair distribution of ___ goods.

food supply

the primary purpose of the victory/war gardens were to increase the _____ during a farm-labor shortage.

integration

the tuskegee airmen decreased the opposition to the _____ of the u.s. armed forces.

term limits

with franklin d. roosevelt's fourth term came a constitutional amendment establishing _____ for presidents.

shortage

women during world war 2 had to go without nylon stocking (hosiery) for christmas because there was a continued _____ of goods.

military; industrial

women who worked in factories (installing dive-bombers) in 1943 were maintaining the country's _____ and _____ production levels.