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World War II
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What countries made up the Axis powers? | Germany, Italy, and Japan |
| What countries made up the Allied powers? | Great Britian, USSR, United States |
| What was the goal of the Allies? | To beat the Axis powers unconditionally so that they could not attack another country |
| What was the goal of Germany? | to gain more land and seek revenge for the Treaty of Versailles |
| What was the goal of Japan? | To gain more land, especially in the Middle East |
| Why was the Middle East important? | oil fields |
| What Allied strategy led to the the capturing of Iwo Jima and Okinawa? | island hopping |
| Why did the US finally join the war? | Japan attacked Pearl Harbor |
| Why did the US wait so long to join the war? | Congress passed laws that said that the US had to remain neutral |
| Who was the leader of Japan? | Hirohito |
| Who was the leader of Germany | Adolf Hitler |
| Who was the leader of the United States at the begininning of the war? | Roosevelt |
| Who was the leaader of Italy? | Mussolini |
| Who was the leader of Great Britain? | Winston Churchill |
| Who was the leader of the Soviet Union (USSR)? | Stalin |
| What was the Manhattan Project? | secret US project to build the atomic bomb |
| What size were the 1st computers? | room sized |
| What were computers used for? | to read secret codes |
| How were African Americans treated in the military? | they were segregated |
| Who was the group of famous African American fighter pilots? | The Tuskegee Airmen |
| Where were Japanese Americans moved to after the bombing of Pearl Harbor? | interment camps |
| How did Americans on the homefront conserve food? | rationing |
| Why were Victory Gardens planted? | to save money and support the troops |
| What did Rosie the Riviter represent? | women doing the work of men during the war |
| What event finally made the European Axis powers surrender? | D-Day |
| What 2 events made Japan finally surrender? | when the US dropped atomic bombs on HIroshima and Nagasaki |
| Who was the president that made the decision to drop the atomic bombs? | Truman |
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