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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| American First Committe | oppose american involvement in WWII |
| Appeasement | make political or territorial concessions to an aggressive power to avoid conflict |
| Atlantic Charter | Agreement between Churchill and Roosevelt about the post-war world |
| Battle of Guadalcanal | August 1942.The U.S. took control over the Solomon islands, Japan lost two-thirds of its 31,000 troops deployed |
| Battle of Stalingrad | July 17 1942 - Feb 2 1943. It stopped the German offensive, about 2 million casualties, the war turned in favor of Allies |
| Battle of Iwo Jima | February 1945. It took a month for the Marines to take control over the island. Japanese forces were fighting through a complicated system of tunnel |
| Battle of Okinawa | april 1 1945. The U.S. are conquering Japan island by island. Okinawa is the last big one. Heavy losses. |
| Cash and Carry | Policy adopted by the U.S. it replaced neutrality act. They sell war goods for cash. The U.S. does not provide transportation. |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic president. New Deal. Led the U.S. during the Great Depression and WWII |
| Neutrality Act | Isolationism, non-intervention of the U.S into non-American wars. Can sell war goods to every belligerent |
| Pres. Dec. 8th Address to Congress | President FDR asks to the congress the approbation of the Declaration on war against Japan |
| Selective Service and training act | law passed in 1940. Men within a range of 21 to 36 years must register for the draft |
| Winston Churchill | Prime minister of the UK. He did not let the UK surrender |
| Blue collar | working class person who performs non-agricultural manual labour. |
| Dr. Jonas Salk | developed one of the first effective polio vaccines |
| GI bill | benefits for WWII veterans |
| HUAC | House Un-American Activities Committee. Investigate on people and companies to find communist ties |
| Inchon invasion | US led forces landed at Inchon, 100 miles from 38th parallel, 25 miles from Seoul. Cut out North Korean supplies |
| John Glenn | First American to orbit the earth, three times. |
| Men's roles in 1950s | Work, bring the money in the house. |
| Reasons for the Koran War | After WWII Korea was free from japanese control, north communist, south democratic. Divided at the 38th parallel. North Korea invaded south korea |
| White Collar | professional or an educated worker who performs semi-professional office, administrative, and sales-coordination tasks |
| Women's role in 1950s | Clean the house, keep the house nice, raise babies, cook, make the husband comfortable, kind of like a slave |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | 1. Eliminate testing for voting 2. Allowed federal workers to register voters |
| Baby Boomers | occured in the years 1946-1964 |
| Counterculture | a way of life and set of attitudes opposed to or at variance with the prevailing social norm |
| Equal Rights Amendment(ERA) | a proposed amendment to the US Constitution stating that civil rights may not be denied on the basis of one's sex |
| Gloria Steinem | Gloria Marie Steinem is an American feminist, journalist, and social political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader and a spokeswoman for the American feminist movement |
| Roe v. Wade | decision issued by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of the constitutionality of laws that criminalized or restricted access to abortions |
| Woodstock festival | Attracted 400,000 people. Peace festival. |
| Great society | a domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs |
| John Fitzgerald Kennedy background | Catholic, 35th president, 2 children, from Massachusetts, won a pulitzer prize, served in WWII |
| Conscientious objectors | a person who for reasons of conscience objects to serving in the armed forces |
| Selective service | The Selective Service System maintains information on those potentially subject to military conscription |
| Pearl Harbor(date) | 7 dec. 1941 |
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