- Hitler rose to power in Germany because he obeyed the restrictions impse
- [Said of the RAF] "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
- What word describes the "lightening war" generated by the German forces early in the war?
- What was the code name of the project to build an atomic bomb?
- What German political party grew around Hitler's leadership?
- [In an address to Congress] "Yesterday, December 7, 1941- a date which will live in infamy..."
- The first major activity involving American troops in the war against Germany occurred in the invasion of North Africa
- Although the American industries were able to produce large quantities of war supplies, the were unable to avoid a shortage of some desired goods on the home front
- "I regard the bomb as a military weapon and never had any doubt that it should be used."
- Great Britain eventually fell to Germany during WW II
- When WWII began, the Soviet Union was an ally of Nazi Germany
- Americans generally retained an isolationist attitude towards foreign affairs
- The Japanese did not surrender easily
- After the Normandy invasion, American forces raced eastward through Europe and captured the German capital, Berlin
- The atomic bomb allowed the US to avoid the heavy casualties that an invasion of Japan would have caused
- Vice President for FDR and became president upon Roosevelt's death in 1945, responsible for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan
- General during the D-Day invasion, later went on to become President following WWII
- President during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs invasion. His main contribution to the Cold War was the increase in funding and attention to the space program.
- The President who increased the involvement of the US in Vietnam. The Gulf of Tonkin incident meant that Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution that gave this president a "blank check" for expanded war powers.
- Republican senator during Cold War, led "witch hunt" for Soviet spies within the US government