U.S. History Unit 13 WW II

The invasion of France on the beaches of Normandy was called what?

Detention centers for Jews where they performed forced labor

How did the depression give rise to dictators in Europe and Japan?

What two things did dictators want to do in order to bring themselves out of depression? 

After surrender of France Germany tried to use air force to beat Britain into submission, what was the battle called?

The project to develop the Atomic Bomb was called what?

Concessions in exchange for peace

The efforts of minorities in the U.S. military during World War II finally led President Truman to do what in 1948?

German laws that took away the rights of the Jews

What did President Roosevelt do to try and help the countries of Europe fighting against the Axis powers?

An international political organization that tries to prevent war

Joseph Stalin

What did France create after WWI in order to protect them from a future German invasion?

Which battle happened because U.S. needed an island closer than the Marianas Islands to conduct bombing raids on Japan?

In order to have a large enough place to stage an invasion of main-land Japan the U.S. forces captured what Island?

Aggressive nationalistic movement considering the nation more important than the individual

The prosecution of 22 Nazi leaders for war crimes

Winter of 1944-45 German army attempted one last push to break allied lines in Belgium. What was the name of the battle?

Lightning war

What Supreme Court case upheld the U.S. Army’s right to hold Japanese Americans in internment camps?

Which of the following did Hitler NOT do to defy the Treaty of Versailles?

Planted by U.S. civilians to ease up food consumption

Government-owned farms in Russia

The evacuation of British and French troops out of France after they failed to stop the German invasion was called what?

Where was Operation Overlord discussed and developed by the Allied forces?

Which of the follow happened as the U.S. answer to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

The forced march of U.S. prisoners of war to Japanese prison camps after the Japanese captured the Philippines.

What did Roosevelt create to oversee the changing of the U.S. economy to a war-time economy?

Constitution of the UN

Hideki Tojo

Trade between nations creates prosperity and helps prevent war

Adolph Hitler

What did Congress pass to make it illegal for American business’ to sell arms to any country at war?

Camps where the elderly, infirm, and children were sent to be killed

Nazi leaders decided they would systematically kill off the Jewish population in the areas they controlled.

Cargo ships travel escorted by warships

Government agreed to pay a company whatever it costs to make a product plus a guaranteed percentage of the profit

Germany, Italy, Japan

What event, led by the Nazis, took place in Germany November 9, 1938? It was a staged attack on the Jewish population.

What did Roosevelt do in order to try and restrict Japan’s economy after they invaded Manchuria?

What events led to V-J day and the unconditional surrender of Japan?

What did Japan do December 7^th, 1941 that pulled the U.S. into World War II?

What battle took place at Midway Island in the Pacific, and was an attempt to keep U.S. Bombers from raiding Japan?

Benito Mussolini