Question | Answer |
The Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, Japan |
What was the name given to the dictators? | The Axis Powers |
Who were known as the Allies | USA, Great Britain, Canada, Russia (Soviet Union) |
When did the Soviet Union join the Allies? | After being invaded by Germany |
Name the leaders for the USA | Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman |
Name the leader of Great Britain | Winston Churchill |
Name the leader for the Soviet Union | Joseph Stalin |
Describe the gradual change it US towards the war | isolationism - Economic aid to Great Britain - Direct involvement |
Describe what happened on Dec. 7, 1941 | Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
What started the war | Germany and the 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 | Stalingrad |
Name the landing point of Allied troops in France | beaches of Normandy |
What is D-Day | June 6, 1944, landing in Normandy |
Name the two cities in Japan that the US dropped Atomic Bombs on | Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
What was the holocaust | murdering of 11 million people bey the Germans, 6 million were Jewish |
Describe the events in the holocaust | anti-semitism,aryan supremacy, 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 two ways the Americans supported the war | by conservation and rationing resources |
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 governed |
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 | 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 USA and Soviet Union | USA-democracy and capitalists
Soviet Union-democratic countries |
What was NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization - democratic counties |
What was the WARSAW pact | communistic countries together |
What was the Korean War/ conflict | North Korean and Chinese aggression into South Korea |
How did the Korean War/ conflict end | with a stalemate |
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis | Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba |