wwii Flashcards
name all Axis powers
Italy - Mussolini
Germany - Hitler
Japan - Hirohito
name all Allied powers
USA - FDR
Great Britain - Churchhill
Soviet Union - Stalin
when did ww2 start & ended?
1939-1945
What country did Germany invade which led to ww2?
Poland
when was Pearl Harbor attacked?
December 7, 1941
What was the reason for Japan attacking the US?
Taking out their navy
The bombing of Pearl Harbor killed how many Americans?
2,400
Interment
temporary imprisoning members of a specific group
Xenophobia
fear of immigrants
Totalitarianism
a type of government where a single party or leader has complete authority over citizens
Saturation bombing
dropping large amounts of bombs to cause a huge damage
Nuremberg trials
legal action taken against Nazis
Anti-semitism
prejudiced against Jewish people
Rationing
limiting the amount of certain goods that civilians could buy
Appeasement
policy of granting concessions
Lend Lease Act
provided any economic aid to the Allies
Assembly Centers
temporary detention camps maintained by the Army that held Japanese Americans who were removed from their West Coast homes.
What was Executive 9066?
The removal of all people deemed a possible threat to national security
why was it issued?
After the Pearl Harbor attack, public fear and anger quickly turned on people of Japanese ancestry.
How many camps were in total?
10
description of camps
-windows were blacked out
-built quickly and as cheaply as possible
-had looming guards around the barbed wires
One good reason to drop the atomic bomb
to make Japan surrender so that the war could end.
one bad reason to drop the atomic bomb
killing off thousands of people
who was president most of ww2
FDR
who was president when the atomic bomb dropped?
Truman
name the 2 cities that got a-bombed?
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
How many Americans dies in ww2?
292,000
