Franklin D. Roosevelt

President of the US during the Depression and WWII.

Severe economic downturn that followed the collapse of the US stock market in 1929.

Roosevelt’s program for creating jobs and improving the American economy.

Political movement based on nationalism that gives power to a dictator and takes away from individual rights.

Belief that political ties with other countries should be avoided.

Warfare in which surprise air attacks are followed by massive attacks on land.

Book by Hitler outlining his beliefs and goals for Germany.

Great Britain, France, US, and USSR.

Agreement that says countries will not attack or invade one another.

Final large-scale attack by German troops that was forced back by the Allies.

Navy base in Hawaii attacked by the Japanese.

American general who helped drive the Germans out of Africa.

Breaking down armed forces and military.

D-Day (Operation Overlord)

Huge Allied invasion mounted to retake France from the Germans.

Battle during which the Red Army forced the Germans out of a Soviet industrial center.

Japanese admiral who decided that the US fleet in Hawaii had to be destroyed.

Literally means divine wind; Japanese aircraft making a deliberate crash on an enemy target.

US general who commanded Allied forces in the Pacific.

Process of creating a government elected by the people.

Hitler’s three-pronged invasion of the Soviet Union. Targets: Leningrad, Moscow, and the southern oil fields. June 1941 - January 1942.

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WWII

Term	Definition
Franklin D. Roosevelt	President of the US during the Depression and WWII.
Great Depression	Severe economic downturn that followed the collapse of the US stock market in 1929.
Appeasement	Giving in to keep the peace.
Nazism	The German brand of fascism.
New Deal	Roosevelt’s program for creating jobs and improving the American economy.
Fascism	Political movement based on nationalism that gives power to a dictator and takes away from individual rights.
Axis Powers	Germany, Italy, and Japan.
Winston Churchill	Leader of Britain.
Isolationism	Belief that political ties with other countries should be avoided.
Blitzkreig	Warfare in which surprise air attacks are followed by massive attacks on land.
Mein Kempf	Book by Hitler outlining his beliefs and goals for Germany.
Benito Mussolini	Fascist leader of Italy.
Adolf Hitler	Fascist leader of Germany.
Allies	Great Britain, France, US, and USSR.
Non-aggression Pact	Agreement that says countries will not attack or invade one another.
Battle of the Bulge	Final large-scale attack by German troops that was forced back by the Allies.
Pearl Harbor	Navy base in Hawaii attacked by the Japanese.
Dwight Eisenhower	American general who helped drive the Germans out of Africa.
Demilitarization	Breaking down armed forces and military.
D-Day (Operation Overlord)	Huge Allied invasion mounted to retake France from the Germans.
Battle of Stalingrad	Battle during which the Red Army forced the Germans out of a Soviet industrial center.
Isoroku Yamamoto	Japanese admiral who decided that the US fleet in Hawaii had to be destroyed.
Kamikaze	Literally means divine wind; Japanese aircraft making a deliberate crash on an enemy target.
Douglas MacArthur	US general who commanded Allied forces in the Pacific.
Democratization	Process of creating a government elected by the people.
Operation Barbarossa	Hitler’s three-pronged invasion of the Soviet Union. Targets: Leningrad, Moscow, and the southern oil fields. June 1941 - January 1942.

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