Governmental Terms
Government in which a single party or leader controls the economic, social, and cultural part of its people.
Totalitarianism
President of the United States from 1945-1953. He took office after Franklin Roosevelt's death and led the nation during the final months of World War II, making the decision to use atomic weapons against Japan.
Harry S. Truman
Britain, France, Soviet Union, United States, and China
The Allies
Last major German offensive on the Western Front during World War II; it was an unsuccessful attempt to push back the Allies that resulted in crippling Germany.
Battle of the Bulge
A political movement that stressed extreme nationalism and autocratic rule.
fascism
This was a tactic of dropping bombs on key political and industrial targets.
Strategic bombing
He was named supreme commander of Allied forces in the Pacific and accepted Japan's surrender to end World War II.
Douglas MacArthur
This assured fair hiring practices in any job funded with government money and established the Fair Employment Practices Committee to enforce the requirements.
Executive Order 8802
1945 strategy meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin
Yalta Conference
A sudden attack / also means "lightning war"
blitzkrieg
This was purchased to help fund the war effort and was redeemable for interest after a certain period of time.
War bond
He took command of the Pacific Fleet shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. He won victories at Midway, Tarawa, Marianas, and Iwo Jima, among others
Chester Nimitz
Neutrality Act of 1939
International agreement governing the humane treatment of wounded soldiers and prisoners of war.
Geneva Convention
unconditional surrender
The temporary imprisonment of members of a specific group.
Internment
He was elected president in 1932 and led the nation through the Great Depression and World War II before dying in office in 1945.
Franklin Roosevelt
Document that endorsed national self-determination and an international system of "general security"
Atlantic Charter
The most important battle of World War II and a turning point for the war in the Pacific.
Battle of Midway
Limiting the amount of goods one could buy. This helped make sure certain goods would make their way to war production.
rationing
Areas where members of specially designated groups were confined.
Concentration camps
He was a strong labor leader and leader of the civil rights movement for decades. He was a driving force in addressing discrimination in the military and the 1963 March on Washington.
A. Phillip Randolph
Agreement made between Germany, Italy. Great Britain, and France in 1938 that sacrificed the Sudentenland to preserve peace.
Munich Pact
Allies prosecuted Nazis for war crimes at these.
the "Night of Broken Glass" / occurred on Nov 9, 1938 after a Jewish refugee killed a German diplomat in Paris.
Kristallnacht