World War 2 Test Cards Flashcards
Leader of Japan
Emperor Hirchito
Leader of Germany
Adolf Hitler
Leader of Italy
Benito Mussolini
Leader of Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Allied Powers
Britain, France, Soviet Union, U.S., China, and 45 other countries.
Axis Powers
Germany, Italy, Japan, and six other nations.
Fascism
Political system that is rooted in militarism, extreme nationalism, and blind loyalty to the state.
Island Hopping
During WWII, allied strategy of capturing Japanese held islands to gain control of the Pacific.
Appeasement
Practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war.
Neutrality Acts
Series of laws passed by Congress in 1935 that banned arms, sales, or loans to countries at war.
Good Neighbor Policy
FDR withdrew American troops from Nicaragua and Haiti.
He canceled the Platt Amendment.
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the U.S.
Rationing
Limitations on the amount that people can buy of certain goods.
Cash and Carry Plan
U.S. could sell arms to the Allies. The Allies had to pay cash for goods and carry them on their own ships.
Operation Overlord
Code name for the invasion of Europe.
D-Day Invasion
Fleet of 4,000 Allied ships carried the invasion force to France.
Scapegoat
Blaming others for your problems.
Holocaust
Slaughter of Europe’s Jews by the Nazis before and during WWII.
Communism
Economic system in which all wealth and property are owned by the state.
Internment Camp
Camps where Japanese were imprisoned by the U.S. out of fear of them being loyal to Japan.
Liberate
Free someone from imprisonment or slavery.
Potsdam Declaration
A statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during WWII.
Bataan Death March
75,000 Filipino and American troops marched to prison camps as prisoners of the Japanese.
Nuremberg Trials
Nazi war crime trials held in 1945 and 1946.
Kamikaze
Japanese pilot trained to make a suicidal crash attack upon a ship.
Totalitarian State
Government has total control of every aspect of peoples lives. Such as wages, sciences, sports, medias, and religion.
Nazis
Members of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
How did people contribute to the war effort in the United States?
Men that were too old to work took on the jobs the soldiers left when they went to war and women also took over jobs.
Why did the United States enter WWII?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan.
How did the U.S. government handle Japanese Americans within the United States?
They placed them in Internment Camps.
How was the United States economy affected by the war?
The economy came out of the depression. Many jobs opened up.
When war broke out in Europe and the Pacific was the the role of the U.S.?
The U.S. stayed neutral.
How did the war end in the Pacific?
Japan was bombed by the U.S. using the atomic bomb twice.
How did the war end in Europe?
Germany signed an unconditional surrender at the Allied Powers headquarters.
What happened at the Munich Conference?
Prime Minister of Britain let Germany take over land only if Hitler promised not to invade anymore countries. Hitler broke this promise.
How did D-Day and the opening of the “second front” help turn the tide of battle in Europe?
Forced the Germans to move their armies to Europe and had a hard time fighting the Allies off.
What role did the women play in the american war effort?
Women took over jobs the men had while they were at war.
How did WWII begin in Europe and the Pacific?
WWII began in the Pacific when Japan invaded China and started in Europe when Germany invaded Poland.
