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US hist WWII
WWII vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Totalitarian | totalitarian government tried to exert complete control over its citizens. In a totalitarian state, individuals have no rights, and the government suppresses all opposition. |
| Adolf Hitler | Leader of National Socialist German Workers’ Party, better known as the Nazi Party and German Government 1933-45 |
| Blitzkrieg | lightning warfare practiced by German Army |
| Lend-Lease Act | 1940 The US will lend ships to England in exchange for Naval Bases around the world |
| D Day | June 6, 1944 Allied Invasion of France (occupied by Germans) |
| George Patton | American General Lead Armies across North Africa, Sicily, and Europe |
| 442 | Japanese American regiment that fought in Italy |
| rationing | Controls on resources that are needed to fight a war (food, steel, oil, rubber, etc) |
| Battle of Midway | June 1942 Turning point of war in the Pacific for Americans toward victory |
| "island hopping" | US Navy (Marines) Strategy of taking certain Japanese occupied islands and isolating others. |
| Okinawa/ Iwo Jima | Two islands, close to Japan, captured in 1945 by US |
| Manhattan Project | top secret project to build atomic bomb $$$ |
| War bonds | Sold by government to raise $ for the war |
| Victory Garden | having a garden, producing foodstuffs, was how people "won" the war on the homefront |
| Wildcat Strikes | illegal strikes by workers who are looking for better pay and working conditions |
| Office of Price Administration | -Fought inflation by freezing wages, prices, and rents - Rationed foods, such as meat, butter, cheese, vegetables, sugar, and coffee |
| Executive Order 8802 | Limited wage increases • Allowed negotiated benefits, such as paid vacation, pensions, and medical insurance • Kept unions stable by forbidding workers to change unions |
| fascism | stressed nationalism and placed the interests of the state above those of individuals. Power must rest with a single strong leader and a small group of devoted party members. |
| Axis Powers | Japan, Germany Italy |
| Allies | Britian, US, Russia, (France) |
| December 7, 1941 | Pearl Harbor Attack |
| Dwight Eisenhower | US General Led American and British Armies |
| George Marshall | Chief of Staff of US Army Stayed in Washington DC |
| Battle of the Bulge | December 1944- Unsuccessful German Counterattack in Belgium. A "last ditch" effort |
| Selective Service Act | the Draft males for military service |
| Kamikazes | suicide Japanes plane attacks on ships Desparate measure at end of war |
| V - E Day | Victory Europe Day May 1945 |
| Robert Oppenheimer | Lead scientist Manhattan Project |
| Rosie the Riveter | Poster - symbolized women in the workforce ; Fictional character used as proganda for the war effort |
| interment camps | housed Japanese - Americans (citizens) |
| War Production Board | Rationed fuel and materials vital to the war effort, such as gasoline, heating oil, metals, rubber, and plastics |
| Executive Order 9066 | On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt order removal of people of Japanese ancestry from West Coast. Based on national security. |
| Benito Mussolini | Fascist leader of Italy '22- 45 |
| appeasement | British and French policy of giving in to outrageous demands (of Hitler) before the war in the hopes he would just shut up |
| Neutrality Acts | Congress passed laws to keep the United States from choosing sides in the 30's and up to 1940 |
| Atlantic Charter | US, GB, Canada (Commonwealth Countries) vow to end facism and create the United Nations to avoid future wars |
| Operation Torch | Allied Invasion of North Africa 1942 |
| Nisei | Japanese American troops fighting for the US Army in Europe (442) |
| Douglas MacArthur | US Army General in the Pacific - "island hopping" |
| V-J Day | Victory in Japan Day |
| Office of War Mobilization | Kept track of production, distribution and transportation or war related materials in US - Total War/Economy |
| All American Girls Softball League | Women played professionally during the war to keep up morale at home |
| Zoot Suit (Riots) | Anti-Mexican riots carried out in Southern California (LA) |
| Hiroshima and Nagasaki | In that order, Japanese targets for US Atom bombs |
| A Phillip Randolph | Randolph called on African Americans everywhere to come to the capital on July 1, 1941, and to march under the banner “We Loyal Colored Americans Demand the Right to Work and Fight for Our Country. FDR met him privately and promised changes |
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