| A | B |
|---|
| Isolationism | The impact of WWI and the Great Depression led to the American policy of |
| Axis Powers | Japan, Germany, Italy |
| Fascism | Political philosophy in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied |
| Italy's leader | Mussolini |
| Germany's leader | Hitler |
| Japan's leader | Tojo |
| Britain's leader | Churchill |
| Soviet Union's leader | Stalin |
| Allied Nations | U.S., Great Britain, Soviet Union, Canada |
| Political Instability and Economic Devastation after WWI led to... | High Inflation, Worldwide Depression, Massive Unemployment, High war debt owed by Germany |
| Leader of the U.S. at the beginning of WWII | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Leader of the U.S. at the end of WWII | Harry S. Truman |
| Soviet Union | What country joined the Allies after being invaded by Germany? |
| When did the U.S. foreign policy of neutrality change? | The U.S. began giving economic aid to the Allies |
| Before WWII, why did rising tension develop between the U.S. and Japan? | Japanese aggression in east Asia |
| Germany's Invasion of Poland | Started WWII |
| Germany bombing of London began the | Battle of Britain |
| U.S. gave Britain war supplies in exchange for | military bases in Bermuda and the Caribbean |
| FDR's Day of Infamy speech refers to | the bombing of Pearl Harbor |
| Germany's response to the U.S. declaration of war on Japan | Germany declared war on the U.S. |
| Turning point of the war in the Pacific | Battle of Midway |
| Turning point of the war in Europe | Battle of Stalingrad |
| Normandy, France | Site of American and Allied troops D-Day invasion |
| U.S. ended war in Pacific Theater when | The U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| Nazi Tactics in the Holocaust | Boycott of Jewish stores, Segregation into ghettos, imprisonment in concentration camps |
| Japanese-Americans | Forced into internment camps & treated with distrust and prejudice |
| Ended the Great Depression | World War II |
| Rosie the Riveter represents | thousands of women who took jobs in defense plants during WWII |
| Rationing booklets helped | conserve resources for the war effort |
| What role did the armies of the U.S. play in the Holocaust? | Liberated concentration camps |
| African Americans | experienced a temporary breakdown in racial barriers in the workplace |
