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facism a political philosophy that advocates a strong, centralized, nationalistic government headed by a powerful dictator
Adolf Hitler a powerful dictator in Germany who overthrew the German government and killed thousands of Jews in concentration camps during WW2
Nazi Party the National Socialist German Workers' Party; came to power under Adolf Hitler in the 1930s
Joseph Stalin (blank)
Axis Germany. Italy and their allies during WW2
appeasement the granting of concessions to a hostile power in order to keep the peace
Lend-Lease Act a 1941 law that allowed the United States to ship arms and suppliesm without immediate payment, to nations fighting the Axis powers
Pearl Harbor a naval base in Hawaii that was hit in a surprise attack by Japan on December 7, 1941
Dwight D. Eisenhower (blank)
D-Day June 6, 1944, the day the Allies invaded France during WW2
Battle of the Bulge a month-long battle of WW2 in which the Allies turned back the last major German offensive of the war
Yalta Conference in 1945, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin discussed plans for the end of WW2 and the future of Europe
Holocaust the systematic killing by Germany during WW2 of about 6 million Jews as well as millions from other ethnic groups
War Production board an agency established during WW2 to coordinate the production of military supplies by US industries
rationing to distribute a fixed amount of a certain item
Rosie the Riveter an image of a strong woman hard at work at an arms factory during WW2
A. Philip Randolph (blank)
bracero program the hiring of Mexicans to perform much-needed labor during WW2
Japanese-American internment after the attack on Pearl Harborm, FDR issued the Executive Order 9066 which stated that any Japanese or Nisei(Japanese-American) was to be moved to an interment camp to prevent any rebelling
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