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World War II

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Nazi Party Nationalist Socialist German Worker's Party- Fascist Party of Hitler
Munich Conference International meeting between England, France, Italy and Germany regarding the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia. This is considered the most famous use of Appeasement.
War bonds Used to raise money to pay for World War II
Manhattan Project American project that created the atomic bomb
Pearl Harbor Surprise attack on an American naval base in Hawaii. It prompted FDR to ask for a declaration of war.
Rosie the Riveter Woman working in a defense plant during World War II
Rationing System by which materials such as meat and gasoline were made available in limited quantities during the war.
Lend-Lease Act passed by Congress that allowed the U.S. to lend military equality to powers fighting Nazi Germany in 1941.
D-Day Allied invasion of northern France
Winston Churchill Prime Minister of England
Nuremburg Trials Trials of German war criminals following World War II
Dwight Eisenhower Leader of American forces in Europe during World War II. He helped plan D-Day invasion
Korematsu v. U.S. 1944 Supreme Court case that upheld the internment of Japanese-Americans for security purposes
United Nations International peace organization started after World War II
Yalta "Big Three" Conference that outlined the division of Germany into spheres of influence and planned trials of war criminals
Allies Great Britain, France, United States, USSR
Axis Germany, Italy and Japan
Harry S. Truman President following FDR. He decided to use the Atomic Bomb to defeat Japan
Joseph Stalin Communist dictator of the Soviet Union during World War II
Baby Boom Increased rate of births in the U.S. due to prosperity created following World War II
Holocaust A methodical plan orchestrated by Hitler to ensure German supremacy. It called for the elimination of Jews, non-conformists, homosexuals, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled.
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