WWII (U.S.)

An example of racial tension during the war is…

This day is famous for the unconditional surrender of the German Reich on May 8, 1945

Code name for the secret United States project set up to develop atomic bombs for use in WWII

Germany, Italy, and Japan make the Allied Powers.

General helped rebuild Japan after WWII ended

Why did the United States want to stay isolated from European affairs?

The problem of ____ was targeted by the Office of Price Administration

Great Britain, France, United States, and Russia make the Axis Powers.

Japanese attacks where the pilot crash bomb-laden into ships

The GI Bill of Rights made it possible for ….

The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked the ____

Early air raid on Tokyo proved to the world that Japan could be attacked

On  August 6, 1945 is the first city destroyed by an atomic bomb

The Allied invasion of ____ was given the code D-Day.

fixed allotment of goods needed by military

Became 33rd President of the United States ; authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan

U.S. physicist who directed the project at Los Alamos that developed the first atomic bomb

this federal program helps companies convert production to war materials

The decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan, President Truman’s main goal was to..

Capturing important islands was part of this U.S. battle strategy for attacking Japan

African Americans worked in noncombat positions during the war were called WAAC’s

During the war, women in the WAAC’s served as..

Japanese prime minister and mastermind of Japanese military

Army Chief of staff that calls for a women’s corp

Atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Tokyo

The Japanese formally surrendered on this U.S. battleship

Roosevelts decision to remove people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps was a response to

In the Battle of Stalingrad all of the following contributed to the Soviet Union victory EXCEPT

The meeting in February 1945 discussing the postwar world and creating the United Nations

Germany’s goal in the Battle of the Atlantic was to..

What was the importance of Doolittle’s raid?

pay for returning servicemen education and guarantee loans for homes and new businesses.

On May 8, 1945 or V-E Day, Americans celebrated the liberation of death camps