World War 2 Vocabulary Quiz

United States president from 1932 until his death in 1945. He was elected 4 times based on his abilities to help the nation recover from the Great Depression and fight to victory during WWII. He died before the Allies were victorious.

• Herbert Hoover

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Harry S Truman

• Franklin Roosevelt

Vice President who became president upon the death of FDR. He made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan and end the war.

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Herbert Hoover

• Harry S Truman

• Franklin Roosevelt

The 3 main Allied leaders and the nations they represented; FDR (U.S. President), Churchill (British Prime Minister), and Joseph Stalin (Premier of the Soviet Union).

• Head Honchos

• The Big 3

• Big Cheese

• Three Stooges

She became the symbol of women’s involvement in the war effort.

• Rosie the Riveter

• Betty Boop

• Sally the Symbol

• Lady Luck

Native Americans who used their native language as an unbreakable radio code.

• Pueblo Hand wavers

• Cherokee Callers

• Hopi Wind talkers

• Navajo Code Talkers

A surprise attack by the Japanese on December, 7th 1941 against U.S. military installations on Hawaii. This attack nearly destroyed the U.S. Pacific fleet and brought America into WWII.

• Wheeler Airfield

• Schofield Barracks

• Midway Island

• Pearl Harbor

This turning point battle that took place in Normandy, France was the largest amphibious invasion that began on June 6th, 1944. The goal of the battle was to liberate France from the Germans.

• Start of War

• D-Day

• Stalingrad

• Midway

1941 Congressional legislation that allowed the U.S. to borrow or rent any military equipment needed to defeat the Axis. Most of this material was sent to England and Russia.

• Lend-Lease Act

• Marshall Plan

• Neutrality Acts

• Isolationism

A government program that allocated resources to the production of military goods and limited their use in producing civilian items.

• Office of War Mobilization (OWM)

• Office of Price Administration (OPA)

• Security Exchange Commission(SEC)

• War Production Board (WPB)

This government program converted the United States economy from the production of consumer goods to into the production of military items.

• Office of War Mobilization (OWM)

• Office of Price Administration (OPA)

• Security Exchange Commission(SEC)

• War Production Board (WPB)