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One of Japan’s main goals during World War II was to remove the United States as a Pacific power in order to gain territory in east Asia and the southwest Pacific islands. Japan hoped to defeat the US Pacific Fleet and use Midway as a base to attack Pearl Harbor, securing dominance in the region and then forcing a negotiated peace. -
Restrictions on imported foods, limitations on the transportation of goods due to a shortage of rubber tires, and a diversion of agricultural harvests to soldiers overseas all contributed to the U.S. government’s decision to ration certain essential items. -
Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
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Due to the victories of the Allied forces, Germany who began the war, surrendered. -
an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This bomb killed about 140,000 people. -
Days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the United States dropped their second bomb on the city of Nagasaki. This bomb killed about 40,000 people. -
Japan surrendered as a result of the dropping of the atomic bombs, and because of the Soviet Unions entrance into the war. -
This amendment limits the president to only having 2 terms in office. -
The Marshall Plan was a U.S. sponsored program that was implemented following the end of World War II. It was intended to aid European countries that had been destroyed as a result of the war. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO’s purpose was to provide a political and military alliance that connects North America with Europe; collective defense, crisis management, and cooperative security. -
The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and rebellions in South Korea. 54,246 Americans died in this war.
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