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WWII
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| He was nicknamed the “Desert Fox” and led the Afrika Korps againt the Americans. | Erwin Rommel |
| . This group wanted to aide those in need and prep for the possibility of war? | interventionist |
| . This is to give up completely without any concessions. | unconditional surrender |
| . This measure assured fair hiring practices in any job funded by the federal government? | Executive Order 8802 |
| In 1941, he became the Japanese Prime Minster? | Hedikei Tojo |
| . A “lightning war” that emphazied the use of speed and firepower? | blitzkreig |
| A type of government in which a single party or leader controls the economic, social, & cultural lives of its people? | totalitarianism |
| . Although we were fighting a two-front war, the Allies focused on this stragety? | Europe first |
| . Government controlled limits on the amounts of certain goods that civilians could by during wartime? | ration |
| A group of countries led by Germany and included Italy & Japan during WWII? | Axis Powers |
| The invasion of this country by Germany was the official start of WWII? | Poland |
| . This group wanted no involvement in any conflicts between nations and no allies that would be dependant on the U.S.? | Isolationist |
| This plan brought in laborers from Mexico to work on American farms durning WWII? | Bracero Program |
| . The Japanese had this type of government? | Military |
| This was the turning point of the war in Europe, Nazi’s were forced to retreat and the Soviet Army went on the offensive? | Stalingrad |
| This was a cultural icon in the U.S. representing women who worked in factories and shipyards during WWII? | Rosie the Riverter |
| This is the tactic of dropping a mass amount of bombs to inflict maximum damage? | saturation bombing |
| A group of counties led by Britian, France, the US, & the Soviet Union during WWII? | Allied |
| The event is where American and Filipino soldier became prioneers of war when the Japanese invaded the Phillippines? | Bataan Death March |
| prejudice and discrimination against Jewish people? | anti-Semistim |
| He commanded American forces in North Africa, he was known as “Old Blood and Guts”? | George S. Patton |
| . This was an agreement made between Germany, Italy, Great Britain, & France in 1938 that sacrificed the Sudentenland to preserve peace? | Munich Pact |
| This provided clerical workers, truck drivers, instructors, and lab technicians for the US Army? | WAC |
| . He was an Austrain-born German politican who was leader of the Nazi Party? | Adolf Hitler |
| . He was Prime Mininster of Great Britian? | Winston Churchill |
| African-American squadron that escorted bombers (& never lost one!) over Europe during WWII? | Tuskegee Airman |
| He was the U.S. President when the 2nd World War started in Euroupe? | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| The Japanese gained control of this Chinese city, brutalizing and murdering more than 200,000 residnets. | Nanjing |
| These were new technological advancements made during WWII? | Radar, computing machines, jet engines, penicillin |
| He was leader of the Soviet Union and led the “Great Terror” which led to the deaths of millions | Joseph Stalin |
| This was temporary imprisonment for a specific group? | Internment |
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