Miscellaneous Flashcards
Status in D.C. while Japanese navy neared Pearl Harbor?
Discuss peace
“This is a day that will _____ in _____.”
Live & Infamy
What 2 nations/countries before attacking Poland signed a non-aggression pact?
Germany & Russia
What event convinced Americans to overwhelmingly support America’s entry in WW2?
Pearl Harbor
Treatment of African-Americans and other minority groups fought on the war.
Continued to suffer discrimination
What minority group were placed in internment camps during the war?
Japanese-Americans
When was the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
June 7, 1941
Ethiopia
Italy invaded
Munich Conference
Western nations tried to appease Hitler and gave him Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia.
Poland
Invasion by Germany starts WW2
Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia
Territory demanded by Hitler
Austria
1st territory demanded by Hitler
Spain
Led by Fransisco Franco; this country was neutral but favored Germany
Yalta Conference
Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill met as leaders saw Germany losing
Hiroshima
1st A-bomb