US History 2 Lesson Four Mega Quiz

Another name for the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis

1941 congress act allowing the US govt to support Allied nations with the promise of repayment

Battle against Nazis along the borders of Belgium and Luxembourg. Lasted from 1944 to 1945

Italian fascist leader who took power in 1920.

1939–1946 secret program to develop the atomic bomb

Leader of the Soviet Union in 1924. Ally during WWII but enemy during Cold War

government agency established in 1942 to negotiate with labor and businesses

1944 Supreme Court case: in war times, drastic actions can take place to limit/violate freedoms

Hitler/Stalin alliance (1939) agreeing to divide up Poland and not attack each other.

Alliance formed in 1936 between Italy and Germany

Type of war emphasizing quick and mechanized movements (lighting war)

Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 did what

nickname given to the three main Allied leaders, FDR, Churchill and Stalin

1936 anti-communist agreement between Germany and Japan

U.S. general who served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during WWII

General of the Japanese army and Prime Minister and Minister of War, attacked Pearl Harbor

1940 Agreement between Japan, Italy, and Germany (Rome-Berlin-Tokyo axis)

1942 order relocating all 1st and 2nd-generation Japanese immigrants to concentration camps

Which city was not hit by the atomic bomb

European region west of Germany

Which was not a phase of operation overlord

German region of Czechoslovakia that supported Hitler

Leader of the Nazi Party in Germany from 1921-1945

Party created by Hitler with nationalism, racism, and military expansion at its core.

Political party from Italy in which a dictator has complete power over the government.

General Douglas MacArthur plan to skip heavily fortified islands and attack less fortified ones

Amphibious attack of Normandy beaches by the Allies on Tuesday, 6 June 1944

Code name for Allied invasion of Western Europe - Three Phases

1941 agreement between Roosevelt and Churchill endorsing worldwide freedom

1942 naval battle in the Pacific Theater. US victory was a turning point in the Pacific War.

fortified line between France and Germany bypassed by Germany through Belgium and Netherlands

Celebration on May 8, 1945, marking the end of World War II in Europe - Victory in Europe Day

Name commonly used to refer to Nazi Germany (1933-1945).

1945 major battle for the capture of the Island of Iwo Jima.

1945 meeting on how to administrate defeated Nazi Germany: included Truman, Attlee and Stalin

government agency created by FDR in 1942 to regulate raw materials and production during WWII

1942 division of the U.S. Army; held uniformed, non-combat positions to help the war effort

led the U.S. Army and Allied forces through Northern Africa and into Italy during WWII

Nazi Germany’s brutal and systematic murder of 11 million people

1945 meeting by the “Big Three” to outline a postwar Europe

Bill to provide job training and access to higher education for returning soldiers

U.S. Army General in the Pacific War. Created the war strategy of island hopping

Fleet Commander of the US Navy; Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet during WWII

1938 agreement by PM Chamberland which gave Sudetenland to Germany in exchange for no war.

General and fascist leader of Spain from 1939-1975.

control distribution of goods like gasoline, rubber, nylon, footwear and a variety of foods

Massive 1940 air war launched on Great Britain by Germany (Luftwaffe)

Japanese pilot who committed suicide by crashing his plane into an enemy ship

1941 govt agency to oversee the war effort; fought inflation and rationed materials

Ceremony on Sept 2, 1945, on battleship USS Missouri. Japan surrendered, ending World War II