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