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07 Entering WWII

Terms from US History Since 1877

TermDefinition
Enlistment The military saw an increase of this in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. Over 5 million Americans volunteered for military service. Many were also drafted into service.
Executive Order 9066 This was the order given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that called for the internment of all Americans of Japanese ancestry.
Flying Tigers These were the volunteer American flyers supplying the Chinese with war materials before the US entered the war. They destroyed over 300 enemy planes and raised morale.
Adolf Hitler He became the fascist leader of Nazi Germany and led an attempted genocide known as the "Final Solution" and provoked WWII when he invaded Poland.
Holocaust This was the name for Hitler's mass extermination of people, primarily Jews, during WWII, totaling over 11 million. Many were kept in concentration camps.
Homefront The efforts by many that were home in the U.S. to support the war effort. Americans were called to support the war effort by supporting rationing, buying war bonds, and planting Victory gardens.
Internment Temporary imprisonment of members of a specific group. In WWII these were primarily Japanese Americans that President Roosevelt feared would be spies or saboteurs of the war effort despite their American citizenship.
Japan The military faction in this country invaded Manchuria, allied with Germany and Italy and led the attack on Pearl Harbor. Axis Power, led by Hideki Tojo
Korematsu v US In this case, the plaintiff claimed that his rights as a U.S. citizen were denied by the internment of Japanese Americans. The court ruled that the relocation of these citizens was constitutional.
Benito Mussolini He became the dictator of Italy (Axis Power), formed the Fascist Party and invaded Albania and Ethiopia.
Nisei American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second generation Japanese Americans; included in Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 requiring them to be imprisoned due to their Japanese ancestry.
Office of War Information This organization was created to encourage Americans to work for the war effort, photograph the war to use as propaganda to promote patriotism.
Patriotism Pride in one's country. During WWII many Americans showed this pride by supporting the war effort.
Pearl Harbor Japanese forces attacked this military base on December 7, 1941. As a result of this attack, the U.S. officially entered the war.
Rationing This policy regulated the amount of goods that a consumer could obtain during the war. Exercising this policy was to work against anger over shortages.
Victory Gardens These were used by Americans to help with the food supply during a period of rations.
WAAC The acronym for the women's organization that volunteered during the war. Many of them served as nurses, radio operators, drivers, etc.
War Bonds Americans were encouraged to buy these to help finance the war effort. They reduced the currency in circulation and curbed inflation.
Fascism A governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
Appeasement A policy of making concessions to an aggressor in the hopes of avoiding war. Associated with Neville Chamberlain's policy of making concessions to Adolf Hitler.
Cash and Carry Policy 1939 Law which allowed a nation at war to purchase goods and arms in US as long as they paid upfront (no loans) and transported goods on their own ships. This was designed to prevent the US from becoming entangled in WWII like they were in WWI.
Lend-Lease Act allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the U.S; replaced cash and carry as the situation in Europe grew more dire.
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