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2  What were Internment Camps?

3  Camps in the United States where Japanese Americans and others were held during WWII.

4  Who was Franklin Roosevelt?

5  President from 1933-1945. Led U.S. through Great Depression and most of WWII until he died in early 1945.

6  Who was Joseph Stalin?

7  Soviet Leader during WWII

8  Who was Adolf Hitler?

9  Leader of the Nazi Party in Germany from 1933-1945.

10  What was a Navajo Code Talker?

11  A Navajo individual who would use their native language to communicate in an unbreakable code during WWII

12  How far did Japan expand into the Pacific?

13  They attempted to take Midway from the U.S. but were defeated at the battle of Midway, so this was the farthest expansion of Japan into the Pacific.

14  Who was Hirohito?

15  Japanese coalition leader. Goal to expand Japanese Imperialism

16  What countries were the Axis Powers?

17  Japan, Germany, Italy

18  What was the name given to the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union?

19  Allies

20  What was the Bataan Death March?

21  Japanese soldiers forced captured American and Filipino forces to march 50 miles across the Philippines. Thousands died.

22  Who was Harry Truman?

23  The President of the United States at the end of WWII

24  What was Island Hopping?

25  The U.S. strategy of taking one island at a time to get directly to Japan.

26  What was the Tripartite Pact?

27  Joined Japan, Germany, and Italy together as the Axis powers.

28  Why did the U.S. enter WWII?

29  Pearl Harbor attack

30  What was the Manhattan Project?

31  The research and development of the atomic bomb.

32  What was the Women's Army Corps (WAC)?

33  An organization that allowed women to join the war effort during WWII.

34  What was the Doolittle Raid?

35  An air raid by the United States over Tokyo made as a response to the attack on Pearl Harbor

36  What was a Kamikaze?

37  A fighter pilot trained to commit suicide by flying bomb filled planes into American warships.

38  What was the Battle of Coral Sea?

39  A major naval battle in WWII. The battle was fought over New Guinea, and forced Japan to worry about the American fleet instead of expansion.

40  What was Executive Order 9066?

41  Presidential order that removed individuals who were potential threats to Internment Camps in the United States during WWII.


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