Question | Answer |
What was the name given to the dictators? | The Axis Powers |
Who were known as the Allies? | USA, Great Britain, Canada, Soviet Union |
When did the Soviet Union join the Allies? | After being invaded by Germany |
Name the leaders for the USA during WWII? | Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman |
Name the leader for Great Britain. | Winston Churchill |
Name the leader for Soviet Union. | Joseph Stalin |
Describe the gradual change of the US towards WWII. | Isolationism, economic aid to Great Britain, direct involvement |
Describe what happened Dec. 7, 1941. | Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. |
What started the war? | Germany and Soviet Union invaded Poland. |
Name the turning point of the war in the Pacific. | Battle of Midway |
Name the turning point of the war in the Eastern Europe. | Battle of Stalingrad |
Name the landing point of Allied troops in France. | The beaches of Normandy. |
What is D-Day? | June 6, 1944, landing in Normandy. |
Name the 2 cities in Japan that the US dropped Atomic bombs. | Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
What was the Holocaust? | The murder of 11 million people by the Germans, 6 million were jewish. |
Describe the events in the holocaust. | Anit-semitism, aryan supremacy, getting rid of jews |
What were the tactics used in the holocaust? | Boycott jewish stores, threats, segregation, concentration camps |
What ended the Great Depression? | The US involvement in WWII |
What was the nickname given to the women who worked in the factories? | Rosie the Riveter |
Name ways that Americans supported the war. | By conservation, rationing resources, buying war bonds, women went to work in factories. |
How were the Japanese Americans treated during the War? | Some served in the army, prejudice, forced into internment camps |
What was the Equal Rights Amendment? | Failed, yet focused on equal opportunity for women. |
What was the Marshall Plan? | Massive financial aid to rebuild countries and prevent the spread of communism. |
Describe West Germany. | democratic, self-government |
Describe East Germany. | Under the domination of the Soviet Union. |
Describe Japan after the war. | Occupied by USA, democratic, ally of USA. |
What is the body of nations of the world to prevent wars called. | The United Nations |
Reasons for rapid growth of the economy after WWI. | Factories easily converted, credit, men in factories, women at home. |
What was the Cold War? | Tensions between USA and Soviet Union without fighting. |
Describe the two governments of the USA and the Soviet Union. | USA-democracy and capitalist: SU- dictatorial and communist |
What was NATO? | North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- democratic countries |
What was the WARSAW Pact? | Group of communistic countries. |
What was the Korean War/ conflict? | North Korea and Chinese aggression into South Korea. |
How did the Korean War/conflict end? | With a stalemate. |
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? | The Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba. |