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World War II 5th Grade Social Studies

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Dictator of Germany (WWII)Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Italy (WWII)Benito Mussolini
Dictator of the Soviet Union (WWII)Josef Stalin
Axis countries (WWII)Germany, Italy, Japan
Allied countries (WWII)Great Britain, France, US, Soviet Union
How did the US get involved in WWII?Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
The two fronts for the US during WWIIPacific – fighting the Japanese and Europe –fighting Germany
Who was now allowed to join the military in WWII?Women
American Relocation Camps for the Japanese-Americans- people in the US were afraid the Japanese Americans might be loyal to the enemy - they were moved to relocation camps
D-day: What, when, whereMassive invasion in Europe - June 6 - Normandy, France
Who was imprisoned in concentration camps and how were they treated?Jews, disabled, mentally challenged, anyone not “pure” German
Where did the US drop the 2 atomic bomb?Hiroshima, Nagasaki
Which scientist’s ideas helped develop the atomic bomb?Albert Einstein
Concentration campsCamps in which Germans enslaved and murdered those people they saw as enemies
UnemploymentThe number of workers without jobs
HolocaustThe attempt to destroy the Jewish people
VE and VJ DaysVE and VJ Days 1945. Tuesday 8 May 1945 was V.E. Day, celebrating 'Victory in Europe' and the beginning of the end of the Second World War.
Iwo JimaA major battle for an island the USA used and an airbase.
Winston ChurchillPrime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War 2
Rosie the RiveterRepresenting the American women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II
Tuskegee AirmenThe popular name of a group of African-American military pilots who fought in World War II.
Pearl HarborA USA military base in Hawaii that was attacked in 1941
The President who took over for Franklin Roosevelt after he diedHarry S. Truman
The President of the United States when it entered World War 2Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)


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Cumming , GA

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