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.
