WWII

What event changed the role of the US and led to us declaring war and sending troops into battle?

• attack on Pearl Harbor

• Lend-Lease Act

• Operation Torch

This document laid the foundation for the United Nations

• Atlantic Charter

• Cash and carry

• Lend-Lease Act

What is Genocide?

• prejudice, racism, hatred against Jews

• systematic attempt to eliminate an entire race

• organized attack on Jewish homes and businesses

What do Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Stalin all have in common?

• they are Communist dictators

• they are Fascist rulers

• they are Totalitarian dictators

Britain and France had this policy toward Nazi Germany

• neutrality

• appeasement

• isolationism

What did Operation Torch do for the US?

• allowed them to retake Africa before the European invasion

• encouraged German Americans to leave the US

• caused a shortage of crops as a way to raise prices

This was a military tactic used by the US in the Pacific Theatre

• Blitzkreig

• Island-hopping

• Trench warfare

This was a major reason for dropping the atomic bomb on Japan

• promote US Isolationism

• destroy Japan's industrial centers and save American lives

• Scare Hitler

What was the purpose of rationing?

• increase supply of natural resources

• cause a shortage of crops

• provide supplies to the troops

Who was the dictator of Germany that rose to power with the Nazi Party?

• Joseph Stalin
• Winston Churchill
• Adolf Hitler
• Franklin D. Roosevelt