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STR Questions-WWII
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History
11th Grade
09/13/2011

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1939-1945
Definition
During what years did WWII occur?
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Lend-Lease Act
Definition
What law allowed the sale of weapons to countries fighting Nazi Germany?
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Pearl Harbor
Definition
What event made the US finally declare war during WWII?
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December 7, 1941
Definition
What was the date for the event that caused America to declare war?
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Nuremberg Laws
Definition
What were the laws in Germany that denied Jewish people their rights?
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FDR
Definition
Who was the president at the beginning of WWII?
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D-Day
Definition
What was the Allied invasion of Western Europe known as?
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Japan, Germany, Italy
Definition
Who were the Axis countries of WWII?
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Great Britain, United States, Russia (Soviet Union), France
Definition
Who were the Allied countries of WWII?
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Midway
Definition
What battle was the turning point of the War in the Pacific versus the Japanese?
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Island Hopping
Definition
What was the US strategy to take only important Japanese islands?
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Building of the Atomic Bomb
Definition
What was the Manhattan Project?
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Hiroshima
Definition
Against which city was the A-bomb first dropped?
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Truman
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Who ordered the A-bomb to be dropped?
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Nuremberg Trials
Definition
What were the trials of former Nazis?
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United Nations
Definition
What was the international peacekeeping organization started after WWII?
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