Question | Answer |
dictator | A leader with absolute (complete) power. |
fascism | A form of government with limited individual rights and great government power. |
Axis | Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II. |
Allies | The USA, Britain, Soviet Union during World War II. |
World War II | War fought in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific region from 1939-1945. |
Lend-Lease Act | The US policy of lending war supplies to Great Britain during WWII. |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | US president during most of WWII. |
Harry Truman | US president in the closing days of WWII. |
rationing | The practice of limiting the amount of food or other supplies people can buy. |
Tuskegee Airmen | African-American pilots trained in Alabama. |
atomic bomb | Releases tremendous energy by splitting atoms. |
Manhattan Project | Name for program to develop the atomic bomb for the USA. |
Battle of Midway | Battle near a Pacific Island that stopped Japan's expansion in the Pacific area. |
Battle of Stalingrad | Battle in the Soviet Union (Russia) that stopped German expansion into the Soviet Union. |
Battle of the Bulge | Germany's final attempt to push into Allied territory in December, 1944. |
concentration camps | Forced, slave labor camps used by the Germans for Jews and other groups. |
Holocaust | The systematic murder of 6 million Jews and 6 million other peoples during WWII. |
D-Day | Massive invasion of German-controlled France by the Allies in June, 1944. |