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WWII

TermDefinition
internationalism the idea that trade between nations creates prosperity and helps prevent war
revise Roosevelt asked Congress to _____ the neutrality laws to allow the sale of weapons to warring nations.
Lend-Lease Act This allowed the United States to lend or lease arms to any country considered "vital to the defense of the United States."
U-boat A German submarine fired on an American destroyer that had been radioing the U-boat's position to the British.
strategic materials items important for fighting a war
war warning American commanders at the Pearl Harbor naval base received a ______ ___________ from Washington D.C.
draft Many Americans had opposed this before the spring of 1940.
disenfranchise to deprive someone of a right
Tuskegee Airmen The Air Force created its first African American unit.
1942 The year that Congress first allowed women in the military.
tanks Automobile plants began to make these.
zoot suits baggy, pleated pans popular with Mexican American teenagers
Executive Order 9066 Allowed the War Department to declare any part of the U.S. a military zone and remove people from that zone as needed.
rationing limiting the purchase of many products to make sure enough were available for military use
code-talkers Navajos recruits developed code words in their own language to deceive the enemy.
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