1940s

What event on December 7, 1941, prompted the U.S. to enter WWII?

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.

What was the main purpose of the Lend-Lease Act?

To provide weapons and military supplies to allied nations in WWII.

What was the significance of the Selective Service and Training Act (1940)?

It was the first peacetime draft in U.S. history, requiring men between 21 and 45 to register.

What genocide is characterized by the mass murder of over six million Jews by Nazi Germany?

The Holocaust.

What was the Manhattan Project?

A top-secret U.S. government program that developed the first nuclear weapons during WWII.

What were the Zoot Suit Riots?

Riots in Los Angeles in 1943 where white servicemen attacked young Mexican-American men wearing zoot suits.

What was the Ghost Army during WWII?

A secret U.S. Army unit that used deception tactics to mislead German forces.

What Supreme Court case involved Japanese American internment during WWII?

Fred Korematsu v. The United States.

What was D-Day?

The U.S. invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.

What cities were the sites of the atomic bomb drops in 1945?

Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

When was the United Nations officially created?

October 24, 1945.

What was the Cold War characterized by?

Proxy wars, espionage, and nuclear arms races between the U.S. and USSR.

What were the Nuremberg Trials?

Military tribunals held to prosecute Nazi leaders after WWII.

What was the Bataan Death March?

The forced march of American and Filipino soldiers by the Japanese army in April 1942.

What was the Double V Campaign?

A campaign by the Tuskegee Airmen advocating for victory against fascism abroad and racism at home.

What was the America First Committee?

A group opposing U.S. involvement in WWII, led by Charles Lindbergh.

What did the Cash and Carry Policy allow?

Countries at war could buy U.S. goods if they paid cash and transported them.

What does fascism entail?

A political ideology of dictatorship, militarism, and nationalism.

What was the Iron Curtain?

A term describing the division between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War.

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

To provide financial aid to rebuild European countries after WWII.