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World War 2
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the temporary imprisonment of Japanese in U.S. during WWII due to the fear that they might be spies? | Internment |
| Who was the leader of Germany and creator of the Nazi Party? | Hitler |
| What was the "night of broken glass" when the Nazis attacked Jewish Businesses and synagogues? | Kristallnacht |
| Who were the Japanese pilots that deliberately crashed their planes into American ships during WWII? | Kamikaze |
| What was the Alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII called? | Axis Powers |
| What was the Alliance between Great Britain, France, U.S. and Soviet Union during WWII called? | Allies |
| Who were Hitler's master race of people with blonde hair and blue eyes? | Aryans |
| What was the agreement made between Great Britain and Germany where the Sudetenland was given to Hitler so that he would not go to war? | Munich Agreement |
| Who was the commander of the Allied forces during D-Day? | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Who was the President after FDR's death? | Truman |
| What was Great Britain's Air Force called? | Royal Air Force |
| What was Germany's Air Force called? | Luftwaffe |
| What was the system of obstacles set up(mines, barb wire, etc.) by the Germans along the Atlantic Ocean to keep the Americans from invading Europe? | Atlantic Wall |
| What was the city in Japan where the 1st atomic bomb was dropped? | Hiroshima |
| What means giving into one's demands to avoid a bigger problem? | Appeasement |
| What word means prejudice and discrimination against Jewish people? | Anti-Semitism |
| What is the policy of staying out of other countries problems? The U.S took this position at the beginning of WWII. | Isolationism |
| What was the day called that the Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy to liberate(take back) France from Nazi control? | D-Day |
| What was Hitler's plan to deliberately kill all the Jewish people? | Final Solution |
| What was the law that was passed that allowed FDR to sell or lend war supplies to any country that he considered vital to the safety of the U.S.? | Lend Lease Act |
| What was the codename for the development of the Atomic Bomb? | Manhattan Project |
| What was the city in Japan where the 2nd atomic bomb was dropped? | Nagasaki |
| What was the piece of land in Czechoslovakia that was given to Hitler as a result of the Munich Agreement? | Sudetenland |
| What was the nickname for Great Britain during Battle of Britain because they were preparing for an invasion by Germany? | Island Fortress |
| Where did D-Day happened? | Normandy |
| Where was the atomic bomb tested? | New Mexico |
| What was the country that Hitler first invaded that sparked WWII? | Poland |
| What was the barrier that was supposed to keep France protected from Germany invading? | Maginot Line |
| What was Germany's fighting style that used lightening fast force? | Blitzkrieg |
| Where did Japan attack the U.S.? | Pearl Harbor |
| Who was the president that gave surviving Japanese-Americans $20,000 to repay for what the government did to them? | Ronald Reagan |
| What did Hitler need to do in order to invade Britain? | Control the skies |
| What were passed to keep the U.S. out of the war and other country's issues? | Neutrality Acts |
| What was it called when Allied leaders met after WWII to determine the fate of Germany? | Yalta Conference |
| What was it called when the U.S. limited food, fuel, and other resources to American citizens so they could send more supplies overseas to American soldiers? | Rationing |
| What group of people were able to get new jobs and opportunities as American men went overseas to fight with the Allied Forces? | Women and minorities |
| What did Americans purchase during the war to lend their money to the war effort? | Liberty Bonds |
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