Term | Definition |
Causes of WWII | Political Instability resulting from WWI
Economic devastation resulting from WWI
Rise of Fascism |
Allied Powers | United States
Great Britain
Canada
Soviet Union - after Germany invaded |
Allied Leaders | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin |
Axis Powers | Germany
Italy
Japan |
Axis Leaders | Adolf Hitler - Germany
Benito Mussolini - Italy
Hideki Tojo - Japan |
How American's Policy Toward the War Changed Over Time | Isolation
Economic Aid to Allies
Direct Involvement in War |
December 7, 1941 | Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
Anti-Semitism | Hostility and discrimination toward Jews |
Aryan Supremacy | The belief that the Aryan race (Caucasian, blond haired, blue eyed, Northern Europeans) are better than other races |
Segregation | The policy of keeping people of different races or religions separate or apart. |
Concentration Camp | A place where large numbers of Jews, gypsies, handicapped, sick, blacks, elderly, and political prisoners were deliberately imprisoned to await mass execution. |
Internment camps | Many Japanese Americans living in the U.S. were moved into prison/work camps after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. |
Rosie the Riveter | Rosie represented American women on the homefront that took jobs in defense plants during WWII |
fascism | a political belief or philosophy in which total power is given to a dictator, nationalism and racism are emphasized and individual freedoms are limited, |
This set off war in Europe | Germany invaded Poland |
This battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific | the Battle of Midway |
This battle was the turning point of the war in Eastern Europe | Stalingrad |
D-Day | American and Allied troops landed in Normandy, France, and the liberation of Western Europe began |
The U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Japan ending WWII | Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
Effects of World War II on the homefront | An end to the Great Depression
1000s of American Women took jobs in defense plants during the war
Americans conserved and rationed goods
Because of a need for workers some racial barriers were temporarily broken down |