test 3/6

• What organization did Woodrow Wilson want the US to join? It was his own idea.

  League of Nations
• Who lead the Fascists in Italy?

  Benito Mussolini
• Who Lead the Nazis in Germany?

  Adolf Hitler
• What group of people took control of the Japanese Government?Military leaders
• What nation did Italy invade to start Mussolini's ambition of reforming the Roman Empire?

  Ethiopia 
• What was the country that the Germans invaded after an appeasement policy gave them the Sudetenland? This did not start WW2.

  Czechoslovakia 
• What country did Germany invade to start WW2?

  Poland
• What were the Axis powers?

  Germany, Italy, Japan
• What country did Japan invade before invading China?

  Korea
• What region of China did Japan invade?

  Manchuria
• What did Congress declare at the start of WW2?

  Neutrality Act of 1939
• What type of was the policy that allowed the British and French to pay for items and transport themselves to Europe?

  Cash and Carry
• How many term did FDR get elected to before the US got involved? This was record setting.

  His third term
• What act passed in March 1041 which gave supplies to the British and Soviet Union for Free?

  Lend Lease
• What was the Agreement between FDR and Winston Churchill calling for international cooperations against the Axis?

  Atlantic Charter
• What attack drew the United States in WW2?

  Pearl Harbo
• What was the group of countries called that the United States joined called?

  Allies
• What was the first time the Allied Leaders joined together to plan the War? They decide to focus on Germany and Europe First.

  Tehran Conference
• Who were the big Four?

  United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and China
• What is the name for the draft that was reinstituted and started up for WW2? It was created in WW1.

  Selective Service
• Who convinces Congress to create the Women's Army Corps?

  George Marshall
• What was the group made for the Army for women to fill support roles in the military?

  Women's Army Corps
• Who fought FDR for Civil rights during the war?

  Philip Randolph
• What was the office established with making scientific advances for the war effort?

  Office of Scientific Research and Development 
• What was the name for the project to create the nukes called?

  Manhattan project
• What was the name of the invasion of North Africa?

  operation Torch
• What was the raid on the main islands of Japan in response to Pearl Harbor?

  Doolittle Raid
• What battle stopped the Japanese advance toward Australia and Papua new Guinea?

  The battle of the Coral Sea
• What battle crippled the Japanese navy by sinking 4 aircraft carriers?

  Battle of Midway
• What Battle was the stopping point of the German advance into the Soviet Union? There was over 1.5 million casualties involved in this battle.

  Battle of Stalingrad
• What was the first Axis power to surrencder?

  italy
• What was the Invasion of Sicily called?

  Operation Husky
• What was the first major land battle against Japan?

  Guadalcanal
• What was the invasion of the mainland of Italy called?

  Operation Avalanche
• What was the type of campaign that Guadalcanal was the first of?

  Island Hopping
• What did the Germans use to attack Allied shipping?

  U-Boats
• What did the US set up to protect ships traveling in the Atlantic?

  Naval Convoys
• What was the German code that was cracked and helped the Allies predict and counter submarine attacks?

  Enigma
• What type of technology helped better detect submarines below water?

  Sonar
• What was the name of the German navy?

  Kriegsmarine