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Kosloski History 10
Unit 1 (Part 2/2) WWII Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Systematic murder-or genocide-of Jews and other groups in Europe by the Nazis before and during WWII..... | Holocaust |
| A city neighborhood in which a certain minority is pressured or forced to live..... | Ghetto |
| Confinement or a restriction in movement, especially under wartime conditions..... | Internment |
| Under this bill, women volunteers would serve in noncombat situations..... | WAAC (Women's Auxiliary Army Corps) |
| Involving or engaging in the deliberate crashing of a bomb-filled airplane into military target..... | Kamikaze |
| Deliberate and systematic extermination of a particular racial, national, or religious group..... | Genocide |
| Economic and political system based on one-party gov't and state ownership of property..... | Communism |
| Court proceedings held in Nuremberg, Germany, after WWII, in which Nazi leaders were tried for war crimes..... | Nuremberg Trials |
| A prison camp operated by Nazi Germany in which Jews and other groups considered to be enemies of Adolf Hitler were starved and murdered..... | Concentration Camp |
| Research at Columbia University in Manhattan to develop a bomb as quickly as possible..... | Manhattan Project |
| "Night of broken glass" November 9, 1938, when gangs of Nazi storm troopers attack Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues in Germany..... | Kristallnacht |
| Agency established by Congress to control inflation during WWII..... | OPA (Office of Price Administration) |
| Agency established during WWII to coordinate the production of military supplies by U.S industries..... | WPB (War Production Board) |
| Establish fixed allotments of goods deemed essential to military..... | Rationing |
| June 6, 1944 which the Allies launched an invasion of Europe mainland during WWII..... | D-Day (Day-Day) |
| Name given to May 8, 9145, on which General Eisenhower's acceptance of unconditional surrender to Nazi Germany. Marked end of WWII in Europe..... | VE-Day (Victory in Europe Day) |
| Organization that pushed the U.S. Gov't to compensate Japanese Americans for property they had lost when they were interned during WWII..... | JACL (Japanese American Citizens League) |
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