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  • V-E Day...
    Known as Victory in Europe, the end of World War II in Europe.
  • Why do people think the Treaty of Versailles (signed after World War 1) led to the start of World War 2?
    Germany was punished. Then someone like Hitler was able to take power.
  • The Manhattan Project...
    The code name for the research and development of the atomic bomb.
  • Why did the Supreme Court agree with President Roosevelt putting Japanese-Americans in Internment Camps?
    They thought it was appropriate because Americans feared Japanese spying.
  • Who became President of the United States after Franklin D. Roosevelt died?
    Harry S. Truman
  • Germany, Italy, and Japan were called the...
    Axis Powers
  • During the outbreak of World War 1 and World War 2, the United States generally favored...
    being neutral.
  • The United States knew and planned for an attack on Pearl Harbor.
    false
  • President Truman did not want to use the Atomic Bombs. They accidentally went off.
    false
  • How did World War 2 impact women?
    They had new opportunities in the workforce.
  • Island Hoping...
    American strategy to attack important but less defended islands while traveling to the main islands of Japan.
  • The Lend-Lease Act..
    Law passed in 1941 that allowed the US to ship arms and other supplies without immediate payment to nations fighting the Axis powers.
  • How did the Munich Conference show appeasement?
    It satisfied Hitler’s desire for expanding by giving him the Sudetenland.
  • The image represents which important World War 2 battle?
    The Battle of Iwo Jima
  • Why did Hitler give up attacking Britain?
    He could not defeat the British air force.
  • Who is the audience for this poster? What do you think the purpose of this poster is? Using your knowledge of World War 2, how did this poster impact World War 2?
    Women, to help encourage them to join the war effort.
  • Who was Anne Frank?
    A young Jewish girl who hid from the Nazis and kept a diary of her experiences.
  • What event pushed the United States into World War 2?
    Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.
  • D-Day...
    Land-sea operation in Normandy, France that broke German lines; a major turning point of the war in Europe.
  • Japan’s kamikazes were loaded with explosives and would crash their planes in Pearl Harbor.
    true
  • What does blitzkrieg mean?
    "Lightning War"
  • With reference to World War II, the term Holocaust refers to...
    Hitler's campaign to exterminate the Jews.
  • Dictators rose in countries like Italy and Germany. What were dictators?
    Someone who suppresses all opposition and controls of people's lives.
  • What was the goal of the Potsdam Declaration?
    It gave Japan warning that it would face “prompt and utter destruction” if they did not surrender.
  • How did the American economy change when the U.S. entered World War 2?
    Factories shifted to producing tanks.
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