1940s Study Guide Flashcards
Dr. Seuss
Cartoonist, disliked isolationism and Hitler.
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator, liked Hitler.
Causes of WW2
Rise of Hitler, The Treaty of Versailles, appeasment, etc.
Date of D-Day
June 6, 1944
The Big Three
FDR, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill.
Relationship between The Soviet Union + Germany
Allied at the beginning of the war.
United Nations replaced what?
League of Nations
What happened to India when they got their independence from Great Britain?
Muslims and Hindu’s fought, and Muslims created Pakistan.
Define fascism
Authoritarian government with a dictator.
Why did Britain and France enter the war?
Germany invaded Poland.
First black baseball player in the major leagues?
Jackie Robinson
Date of Pearl Harbor
Dec 7, 1941
What was the Munich Pact?
Agreeing to give Hitler the Suedetenland.
Thomas Dewey
Ran against Harry Truman.
Baseball player with one arm.
Pete Gray
Holocaust survior, author of “All But My Life”
Gerda Wiessman Klein
What does the 22 amendment state?
A president cannot have more than 2 terms.
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union?
Joseph Stalin
Who was the prime minister of Japan?
Hideki Tojo
Who was the leader of Italy?
Benito Mussolini
What is it called when a country gives in to an agressor?
Appeasment
What was the non-agression pact?
Between Germany and Soviet Union.
What number executive order made Japanese americans move?
9066
What number of president was Harry Truman?
33rd
What is Total War?
Every effort is used to win the war.
Date of Hiroshima?
August 6, 1945.
Date of Nagasaki?
August 9, 1945.
Who was the second prime minister of GB during WW2?
Winston Churchill
Who was the first prime minister of GB during WW2?
Neville Chamberlain
What are the people who were affected by the atomic bombs called?
Hibakusha
Who was the Emperor of Japan?
Hirohito
Japanese military unit known for suicide attacks?
Kamikaze
Japanese immigrants
Nisei
2nd gen Japanese americans
Issei
Regime Hitler created?
The Third Reich.
Area of land that a nation thinks is needed for advancement?
Lebensraum
Start and end of WW2?
Sept 1, 1939 - Sept 2, 1945.
FDR’s quote and response to Pearl Harbor
“Dec 7, 1941, a date that will live in imfamy.”
Hitler’s death date?
April 30th, 1945
American Military Leader?
Douglas MacArthur
How many sections was Germany split into after the war?
4
Women in the workforce icon
Rosie the Riveter
What was the plan called to give billions of dollars to Europe to prevent communism?
The Marshall Plan
Where is Amache?
Granada, CO
CO governor
Ralph Carr
Date of VJ day
August 15, 1945
Date of VE day
May 8, 1945
The gas used in the chambers?
Zyklon B
% of European Jews killed?
2/3
Number of Holocaust victims?
11 million
Who was the leader of Spain?
Fransisco Franco
Who was president after Truman?
Dwight Eisenhower
Where were the D-Day attacks?
Beaches of Normandy, France.
