STAAR Review: World War II

Kept the United States from being involved in the war and from selling military supplies to countries involved.

• Office of War Information

• Flying Tigers

• Neutrality Acts

• December 7, 1941

• Non-Aggression Pact

Hilter (Germany) and Stalin (USSR) agree to split Poland and agree to no military action against each other.

• Office of War Information

• Flying Tigers

• Neutrality Acts

• December 7, 1941

• Non-Aggression Pact

Responsible for war moral in the United States, usually by using propaganda.

• Office of War Information

• Flying Tigers

• Neutrality Acts

• December 7, 1941

• Non-Aggression Pact

Japanese surprise attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor (brings the United States into WWII)

• Office of War Information

• Flying Tigers

• Neutrality Acts

• December 7, 1941

• Non-Aggression Pact

American volunteer pilots that help supply and defend China from the Japanese

• Office of War Information

• Flying Tigers

• Neutrality Acts

• December 7, 1941

• Non-Aggression Pact

Naval Commanders of the U.S. Pacific fleet

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Vernon Baker

• Tuskegee Airmen

• General Dwight Eisenhower

• Nimitz and Macarthur

One of the first African American soldiers to see combat in the war. Awarded Distinguished Service Cross and eventually the Congressional Medal of Honor.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Vernon Baker

• Tuskegee Airmen

• General Dwight Eisenhower

• Nimitz and Macarthur

First black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps (AAC), a precursor of the U.S. Air Force; contributed to the desegregation of the armed forces after WWII

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Vernon Baker

• Tuskegee Airmen

• General Dwight Eisenhower

• Nimitz and Macarthur

President for the end of the war. Made the decision to drop the two atomic bombs.

• Harry Truman

• Vernon Baker

• Tuskegee Airmen

• General Dwight Eisenhower

• Nimitz and Macarthur

Commander of the invasions on Normandy Beach (D-Day) and supreme commander of the Allied troops in Europe.

• Harry Truman

• Vernon Baker

• Tuskegee Airmen

• General Dwight Eisenhower

• Nimitz and Macarthur