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Chapter 19
| what happened to japan's population between the years of 1872-1925 | doubled |
| how did japan compensate for the population problem | they pursued the policy of expansion |
| what did the US and other nations do to japan in 1924 | banned all immigrants from japan |
| in 1931, japan seized what body of land | manchuria china |
| who was the nation socialists' leader of germany | adolf hitler |
| what did hitler want to do | gain a program of conquest in central and eastern europe |
| who was the dictator in italy during this same time period | benito mussolini |
| what did mussolini want to do | control the mediterranean and expand italy's empire |
| fascism | a form of government in which a dictator and supporters cooperate to seek more power for their nation (at the expense of their human rights) |
| totalitarian state | nation that totally controls the life of its people |
| appeasement | policy of giving the aggressor nations what they wanted to avoid war |
| who did the italians blame for their problems | communists |
| who did the germans blame for their problems | jews |
| what country did france and britain allow germany to annex | Czechoslovakia |
| why did russia not join in the fight against germany | they signed a nonaggression pact with germany |
| what country did germany invade that caused france and britain to declare war | poland |
| blitzkrieg | lightning war |
| why did america decide to fight the germans before japanese | 1. Defeat of germany would leave japan exposed 2. had closer ties with the countries under siege by Germany 3. Germany posed a bigger threat 4. Germany could develop a weapon 5. Germany forced the soviet union out, we lose the two front advantage |
| who led the forces against the japanese | general macarthur |
| what was the ORSD | Office of scientific research development |
| how did the ORSD help the war effort | cam up with many war weapons |
| four new weapons that were developed in the war | 1. bazooka rocket launcher 2. proximity fuse 3. radar 4. sonar |
| what was the WPB | war production board |
| why was the WPB started | maximize production of war material |
| 5 items that were banned from production | 1. bikes 2. fridges 3. beer cans 4. toothepaste tubes 5. metal caskets |
| what did the auto industry start producing | tanks |
| three ways the government raised money for the war | 1. levied taxes 2. borrowed money 3. sold war bonds |
| why did consumer prices soar during the war | prices became high because items were scarce |
| what was the OPA | office price administration |
| rationing | system of distributing scarce goods |
| why was rationing started | to make sure everyone got their fair share |
| what four items were rationed | sugar, coffee, gas, and fuel oil |
| how did rationing work | people were given ration books to purchase everything |
| what was OCD | office of civilian defense |
| what was the OCD's job | protect citizens in the event of an air attack and enroll them in civilian war activities |
| enemy aliens | people of japanese, german, or italian birth living in the US but not citizens |
| how many enemy aliens were in the US | 900,000 |
| what part of the country was affected the most by enemy aliens | the west |
| what happened to the japanese americans in 1942 | 112,000 were sent to special assembly centers |
| how long did japanese americans have to sell their personal things | 48 hours |
| what were most of the people in the camps | american citizens |
| what was the american strategy in the far east | get within bombing distance of japan |
| waht defeats did the axis powers facein eastern europe | 1. soviets freed leningrad 2. soviets forced germany to surrender in statlingrad 3. soviets broke weset of kiev and entered poland |
| what date did italy surrender unconditionally | september 8, 1943 |
| what group was discriminated against in the west | mexican americans |
| two women's military groups | women's auxillary army corps and women accepeted for voluntary emergency service |
| what did rosie the riveter become | national symbol of women's vital role in the war effort |
| what did the allies set up for in january 1944 | invasion of normandy |
| june 6, 1944 is known as what | d day |
| where did d day occur | normandy france |
| how many civilians did the nazis murder | 12 million |
| how many jewish people were murdered | 6 million |
| what is may 8th known as | ve day |
| waht happened to mussolini | he was captured |
| what happened to hitler | committed suicide |
| two worst battles in the pacific | iwo jima and okinawa |
| how many people were wounded in the battles | 40,000 |
| how many people died in the battles | 15,000 |
| what did the battles pave to happen | allies set up their direct assault on japan |
| what was the code name for the atomic bomb | manhattan project |
| what president authorized the use of the atomic bomb | harry s truman |
| what was the name of the bomber that dropped the bomb | enola gay |
| when was the first atomic bomb dropped and what was the target | august 6,1945 in hiroshima |
| when was the second atomic bomb dropped and what was the target | august 9, 1945 in nagasaki |
| when did japan surrender | august 14, 1945 |
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KAYLEA FALK
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