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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a debt security issued by the government to help finance military expenses during wartime | war bond |
| receiving lower pay for the same job based on gender, race, or ethnicity | wage discrimination |
| to control the supply of goods made available to the public, especially in wartime | ration |
| a directive issued by a president that has the force of law | executive order |
| Several countries, including France and Great Britain, working together to oppose the Axis Powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II. | Allied powers |
| Germany, Italy, and Japan, which formed an alliance together at the start of World War I | Axis powers |
| ) Nazi secret police force | gestapo |
| ) for a nation to rebuild a stockpile of weapons to replace those that are out-of-date or have been taken away | rearmament |
| an agreement formed between Germany and Italy in 1936 | rome-berlin axis |
| name used by the Nazi party to describe the time when Adolph Hitler believed he was creating a Third German empire | third reich |
| the belief that war is morally wrong | pacifism |
| a person seeking shelter and protection from political persecution | refugee |
| a policy of making political compromises in order to avoid conflict | appeasement |
| removing or eliminating something | purge |
| a ban against engaging in commerce with specified countries | embargo |
| an agreement Hitler made with the rulers of Great Britain, France,and Italy, declaring that Germany had the right to seize the Sudetenland, a portion of Czechoslovakia | Munich Agreement |
| an agreement made in 1939 between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, declaring that they would not take military action against each other for the next 10 years | nonaggression pact |
| a prison camp to hold enemy aliens and other prisoners of war during wartime | internment camp |
| a thickly armored German tank with impressive firepower used during World War II | panzer |
| an attack that uses naval support to protect military forces invading by land and air | amphibious assault |
| a strategy that involves capturing and setting up military bases on island groups one island at a time | island hopping |
| the day, June 6, 1944, in World War II when Allied forces invaded northern France by landing on beaches at Normandy | D-Day |
| one of a group of Japanese suicide bomber pilots who crashed their planes, loaded with explosives, into American ships | kamikaze |
| an extremely cruel and shocking act of violence | atrocity |
| a place where prisoners of war or members of persecuted minorities are confined; in World War II, the camps where Jews and others were held and murdered by the Nazis | concentration camp |
| a furnace or oven used to burn human or animal remains; in World War II, the ovens used by Nazis to burn their victims’ bodies | crematorium |
| the mass slaughter by the Nazis of six million Jews and others during World War II | Holocaust |
| a court of justice with authority over a specific matter | tribunal |
| How did the Soviets make use of a “scorched earth” policy against Germany? | The Soviets destroyed their own resources to prevent German forces from using them. |
| What did Executive Order 9066 authorize? | The forced relocation and internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. |
| Who was Josef Mengele? | A Nazi physician who conducted horrific experiments on prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp. |
| What was the “Bulge” in the Battle of the Bulge? What country did it take place in? | The "bulge" was a pocket created in the Allied front line by the German Advance and it primarily took place in Belgium and Luxembourg |
| Which of the following battles was the first air-sea battle in history? | The Battle of the Coral Sea |
| -Which battle was fought to establish a base for aerial attacks on the Japanese mainland? | The Battle of Iwo Jima |
| What agreement did Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin come to at the Yalta Conference? | Post War reorganization of Germany in Europe and finalize plans for the United Nations |
| What aspect of the landscape did the Japanese use to their advantage in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa? | The rugged cave riddled terrain in mountainous landscape |
| What was the Enola gay? | The B-29 bomber aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan |
| Who were the Tuskegee Airmen? | The first African American military aviators in the US armed forces |
| Upon which cities and on which dates did the US drop atomic bombs | -Hiroshima: August 6th 1945 -Nagasaki: August 9th 1945 |
| What defense against war crimes charges was invalidated by the Nuremburg trials | The "superior orders" defense also known as the "i was just following orders" defense |
| Which of the following battles was a significant defeat for the Japanese that led them to cancel plans for several subsequent invasions? | The Battle of Midway |
| What was Operation Torch | The Allied invasion of French North Africa during World War II |
| What was the Double V campaign | A campaign in the African American Community during World War II that stood for two victories: victory over fascism abroad and victory over discrimination and segregation at home. |
| What were the code names for the five Norman D beaches where troops landed on D-Day? | Utah, Omaha, gold, Juno, and sword |
| Which of the following battles was the first in the Allies campaign of island hopping? | The Battle of the Guadalcanal |
| Key events and dates | Attack on Pearl Harbor: december 7th 1941 d-Day: june 6th 1944 V-E day: May 8th 1945 |
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