WWII

The goal of the Manhattan project was to

Which country had gained control of most of Western Europe by 1940?

Which language was primarily used by 'code talkers?'

The leader of Italy during WWII

Hoover's first efforts to control the Depression focused on

Largest battle of the European campaign. Only lasted 2 weeks due to a lack of manpower and fuel

During WWII, many Japanese Americans were interned, or

Which wartime initiative is being encouraged in this poster?

Policy of avoiding political economic alliances with foreign nations

Instead of making cars, the Ford motor company began making

a philosophy that emphasizes the importance of the nation and the authority of the leader

Which wartime initiative is being encouraged by this poster?

What was the 'final solution to the Jewish question' announced by the Nazis'

Britain, France, The Soviet Union, and later the U.S.

This strategy allowed the Allies to get close enough to take back the Philippines

This was the title of Hitler's autobiography

Involved the largest landing army in the Pacific. Goal was to retake the Phillippines

What did Italy, Germany, and Japan have in common in the 1930s?

The Axis Powers were named for the 'axis' between which two European capitals?

Joseph Stalin dominated the Soviet Union using the tactics of 

Germany, Italy, later joined by Japan

In 1932, Manchuria was taken over by

In which order did the Allies retake the following areas?

Much of the laws of the New Deal period was based on the idea that the federal gov't should

One long-term consequence of the New Deal was

During the Great Depression, expressions such as Hoovervilles showed that President Hoover

What prompted the U.S. to enter the war in 1941?

In order to modernize agriculture in the U.S.S.R, Joseph Stalin

Which was part of American policy during the early years of World War II?

What was the largest battle of the European campaign?

After Hitler had invaded Czechoslovakia and made a pact with Stalin, he invaded

One difference between Roosevelt and Hoover was that Roosevelt was

Which law provided benefits such as home loans and education funding to veterans?

Which of the following best characterizes Roosevelt's first hundred days in office?

Hitler used which of the following military strategies when invading Poland

During WWII, African American soldiers

June 6, 1944

The huge casualties here made the Allies question whether Japan would ever surrender

In 1941, the U.S. placed an_ on Japan, refusing to sell and petroleum or steel products to them

Despite their differing ideologies, in 1939 which Fascist made a pact with which Communist?

During the 1930's, Hitler, Mussolini, and the military leaders of Japan

Place where Allied forces were trapped for months, unable to get past the beach to get to Rome

In what part of the world were the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal fought?

Which event is most closely associated with the end of the Great Depression?

The Vichy gov't. of France adopted which of the following policies after Germany took France?

Which wartime initiative is being depicted in the poster?

keeping the peace by giving into an aggressor's demands

What is anti-semitism?

The Prime Minister of Great Britain, beginning in May of 1940

Because of the war, large numbers of women began to work as

What was the name of the group that said that the U.S. should ignore foreign affairs?

May 8, 1945

Nazism is an extreme form of

In 1940, one of the greatest rescues in the history of warfare occurred

The collapse of the American economic system

Japanese surrender came less than a week after

In order to modernize agriculture in the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin

The leader of Allied forces in the Phillippines

Philosophy that was characterized in the Sov. Union by total government control of the economy

Gruesome battle in the Soviet Union in which a refusal to surrender led to massive casualties