This Presidential decision required Japanese Americans to be housed in interment camps during World War II Executive Order 9066.

This Presidential decision required Japanese Americans to be housed in interment camps

during World War II

Executive Order 9066

It was this event, on December 7th, 1941, which drew the United

States into World War II

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

The axis powers included the following nations during World

War II:

Italy, Germany and Japan

He led the United States as president from 1933-1945

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

This phrase, coined by F.D.R., reflects the US providing military supplies to Great Britain as the United States stayed out of the

actual fighting.

Arsenal of democracy

This was one of the largest US secret government projects during WW II which successfully developed the

world’s first Atomic Bombs

Manhattan Project

This US Supreme Court Case challenged the constitutionality of forcing Japanese-Americans to be

placed in interment camps

Korematsu v. United States 1944

This massive invasion of Western Europe by Allied forces took place

on June 6th 1944:

D-Day

On August 9th and 14th the United States dropped atomic bombs on these two Japanese cities in order

to accelerate the end of WW II:

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

This was a cultural icon of the United States, representing the

American women who worked in factories during World War II

Rosie the Riveter

He led Great Britain through World War II

Winston Churchill

This strategy was used by the United States against Japan as a series of

shorter journeys between islands, as opposed to a single journey directly across the ocean to the destination.

Island Hopping

He was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II

Joseph Stalin

This act permitted the US to helpthe Allies, who had run out of cash, by giving the president the right to “lend” US war equipment to them as needed

Lend Lease Act

This term is the compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national service, most often military

service as was used by the United States during WW II as a draft

conscription

This revision of the neutrality acts allowed the sale of material to belligerents, as long as the recipients arranged for the transport

using their own ships and paid immediately in cash, assuming all risk in

transportation.Cash and Carry

At the end of World War II war crime trials were held here in Germany against Nazi leaders:

Nuremburg

This law provided a range of benefits for returning World War II

veterans, also known as “The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act”

G.I. Bill

These are debt securities issued by the US government for the

purpose of financing military operations during World War II

War Bonds

This is a form of totalitarian government, found in Europe during

WW II, which included devotion to the state, a strong leader, and an

emphasis on militarism

Fascism

As World War II was ending, the United States decided to join this organization

mainly because the United States recognized that efforts to achieve world

peace required United States involvement

United Nations

This Act and the Destroyers-for-Bases deal were adopted prior to World

War II primarily because these actions would help Allied nations without the United States entering the war

Lend-Lease

This president’s decision to use atomic bombs against Japan was primarily

based on his belief that an invasion of Japan would result in excessive

casualties

Harry Truman

The US passed this legislation as an expression of its desire to stay out of WW II and avoid the

events that led to WW I:

Neutrality Acts

The rulings of the Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857), Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), and this court

case, all demonstrated that the Supreme Court has sometimes failed to protect the rights of minorities

Korematsu v. United States (1944)

What two major fronts did the United States and the Allied forces have to prosecute World War II?

Europe and the Pacific

World War I and World War II brought about changes for minorities and women

because these conflicts led tothe creation of new ___ opportunities

job

After World War II, this plan was proposed as a way to help European

nations rebuild and recover economically

Marshall Plan

President Harry Truman supported this policy after World War II in an attempt to

reduce the influence of the Soviet Union in European countries and stop the spread of

Communism

Containment Policy

During World War II the government ordered this as a way to conserve raw materials for the war effort

Rationing

Which series of events leading to World War II is in the correct chronological order?

1) Neutrality Acts → Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor → Lend-Lease Act → United States declaration of war on Japan

2) Lend-Lease Act → Neutrality Acts → United States declaration of war on Japan → Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

3) United States declaration of war on Japan → Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor → Lend-Lease Act → Neutrality Acts

4) Neutrality Acts → Lend-Lease Act → Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor → United States declaration of war on Japan

Neutrality Acts → Lend-Lease Act → Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor → United States declaration of war on Japan