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immigration
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The United States did not change its laws to help Jews escape Europe.
immigration
It became apparent to most Americans that the United States could not stand by and watch democracy being swallowed up by _.
totalitarianism
Which event was Winston Churchill referring to when he said, 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.'?
The Battle of Britain
During the ___ nearly 10,000 American and Filipino troops died from exposure, disease, and cruel treatment by Japanese captors.
Bataan Death March
Americans were required to _ certain goods in order to supply troops.
ration
The ___ Act allowed the United States to become the 'Arsenal of Democracy,' according to Roosevelt, by supplying allies with war materials.
Lend-Lease
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
The United States did not change its laws to help Jews escape Europe. | immigration |
It became apparent to most Americans that the United States could not stand by and watch democracy being swallowed up by _. | totalitarianism |
Which event was Winston Churchill referring to when he said, 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.'? | The Battle of Britain |
During the ___ nearly 10,000 American and Filipino troops died from exposure, disease, and cruel treatment by Japanese captors. | Bataan Death March |
Americans were required to _ certain goods in order to supply troops. | ration |
The ___ Act allowed the United States to become the 'Arsenal of Democracy,' according to Roosevelt, by supplying allies with war materials. | Lend-Lease |
Jews refer to the Holocaust as the , or 'the catastrophe.' | Shoah |
Which group was NOT victimized during the Holocaust? | British prisoners of war |
Righteous _ were non-Jews who assisted Jews during World War II. | Gentiles |
Passage of the _ Laws stripped Jews of all their civil rights. | Nuremberg |
WAVES served in the _. | navy |
After liberating North Africa, Allied forces next targeted _. | Sicily |
Almost 1,500 Japanese __ attacked U.S. ships during the Battle of Okinawa. | kamikazes |
At the Casablanca Conference, Allied leaders ___. | agreed to accept only the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers |
President Roosevelt met Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin for the first time at the Conference. | Tehran |
The June 6, 1944, invasion of northern France is remembered as ___. | D-Day |
The ___ bolstered American morale and instilled fear in the Japanese who believed they were beyond the reach of enemy attacks. | Doolittle Raid |
Which statement was NOT a purpose of the Allied strategic bombing campaign in Europe? | Kill German soldiers on military bases. |
On V-E Day, new German leader___ signed the German surrender. | Karl Dönitz |
_ Beach proved to be the toughest battleground of the five D-Day beaches. | Omaha |
Allied leaders issued the ___ Declaration calling on Japan to surrender unconditionally or else face destruction. | Potsdam |
____ Code Talkers sent radio messages using their native language that the Japanese could not decipher. | Navajo |
American strategy consisted of _ across the Pacific to end all Japanese resistance. | island hopping |
The Battle of the Coral Sea was the first time ___. | two opposing naval fleets fought without seeing each other's naval vessels |
__ was the amassing of men, equipment, and supplies for the 1944 invasion of Europe. | Operation Overload |
Hitler sacrificed over one-half million German soldiers in an unsuccessful attack on in Russia. | Stalingrad |
President ___ agreed to use the atomic bomb in hopes of avoiding millions of casualties in a ground invasion of Japan. | Truman |
The first atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, on ___. | Hiroshima |
The Japanese signed terms of surrender on board the battleship . | Missouri |
surrendered shortly after Allied forces landed on its shores. | Italy |
President Truman announced that September 2, 1945, would be ___. | V-J Day |
___ were the three major Axis Powers. | Germany, Italy, and Japan |
The United States did not change its _ laws to help Jews escape rising hostility in Europe. | immigration |
Karl Donitz | German leader who signed the German surrender |
Hirohito | emperor of Japan who announced his country's surrender via a radio broadcast |
Over one-half million German soldiers died as a result of Hitler's ill-advised attack on in Russia. | Stalingrad |
The WAVES were women who served in ___. | the navy |
The Lend-Lease Act enabled America to become the '___' by supplying allies with war materials. | Arsenal of Democracy |
____ succeeded to the Presidency after Franklin D. Roosevelt died. | Harry S. Truman |
After securing North Africa, Allied forces next invaded the island of _. | Sicily |
Fear of spying and sabotage led the U.S. government to place many Americans in War Relocation Camps. | Japanese |
Allowing Germany to violate the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, but doing nothing to stop it, was a policy of . | appeasement |
The _ Laws targeted Jews by stripping them of their civil rights. | Nuremberg |
The forced unification of Austria to Germany was the _. | Anschluss |
Jews refer to the Holocaust as the _, meaning 'the catastrophe.' | Shoah |
The June 6, 1944, invasion of France is remembered as ___. | D-Day |
_ is a governmental system led by a dictator who stresses nationalism rather than individual liberty. | Fascism |
What was the goal of Japan's Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere? | the creation of a large entity of oriental nations led by Japan that would be free from western influence |
Battle of the Bulge | This event was Hitler's last offensive effort to stop the Allied advance towards Germany. |
Operation Sea-Lion | This event was Hitler's planned invasion of Great Britain. |