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Final Jeopardy
Key Terms Key People
War in
Europe
War in
Pacific
Homefront
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A person that has
absolute power in
their country
Dictator
This term means
lightning war
Blitzkrieg
A country that is
ruled by one
party.
(Total Control)
Totalitarian State
The act of giving in
to aggression to
avoid war
Appeasement
Name of place
where Japanese
Americans were
sent after attack on
Pearl Harbor
Internment Camps
Name the two
Presidents of World
War II
FDR and Truman
Dictators of Italy
and Germany
Mussolini and
Hitler
Prime minister of
Britain
Winston Churchill
Leader of U.S. in
European theater
Dwight D.
Eisenhower
Leader of U.S. in
Pacific theater…
vowed, “I shall
return”
Douglas
MacArthur
World War II
officially starts
because of what
event?
German invasion of
Poland
This was the name
of the Allied
invasion in
Normandy, France
D-Day
What happened on
May 8, 1945?
This is the day the
fighting ends in
Europe…
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day
What happens to
Mussolini? Hitler? Stalin?
Mussolini – Executed
Hitler – Suicide
Stalin – In control of USSR
Policy of selling or
leasing arms to allied
forces
Lend – Lease Act
This was our policy
on war in Pacific?
(Island by Island)
Island Hopping
Two cities that we
dropped the atomic
bomb on:
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
Turning point of
the war in Pacific
Battle of
Midway Island
What happened on
August 15, 1945
(War ends in Pacific)
V-J Day
Japanese suicide
bomber missions are
known as what kind
of attacks?
Kamikaze
U.S. position at
beginning of World
War II
Neutral
She was a character
created to show the
role of women
working in war
effort
Rosie the Riveter
Every person is
given a coupon
book to buy
necessities.
(saving goods)
Rationing
Policy of selling arms
if allied country:
1.paid cash 2. carry
them on own ships
“Cash and Carry”
What is the purpose of
rationing?
Provides more
resources for the
military
These were the
trials for the Nazi
leadership
Nuremberg Trials
Name of
agreement
between Stalin
and Hitler
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Meeting held to
talk to Hitler
Munich
Conference
Name one of the
two concentration
camps that Mrs. T
visited:
Auchwitz and
Dachau
What is the
difference between
concentration
camps and
internment camps?
Japanese
Americans were not
killed in internment
camps.
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