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Vocabulary
100
The American President who tried to keep the U.S. out of WW II, but was forced to enter after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Who is FDR?
100
A war that is fought without the use of weapons.
What is the Cold War?
100
The leader of communist Cuba
Who is Fidel Castro?
100
A place where women worked that they had not previously been allowed to work before the war.
What is a factory?
100
A ruler with complete power
What is a dictator
200
The U.S. President that took over office after FDR died. He authorized the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Who is Harry S. Truman?
200
The President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is Jonn F. Kennedy?
200
The government controls production and owns the country's natural resources.
What is command economy?
200
The event that pulled the U.S. into the war.
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
200
The unfair treatment of a group of people
What is racism
300
This American pilot dropped candy to German children during the Soviet blockade of West Germany.
Who is the "candy bomber" Gail Halvorsen?
300
The Soviet leader who put nuclear weapons in Cuba.
Who is Nikita Khruschev?
300
This communist country controlled East Berlin at the end of WW II.
What is the Soviet Union? (Russia)
300
This act caused the Allies to go to war with Germany starting WW II.
What is Germany invades Poland?
300
To get ready to fight
What is mobilize
400
This is the day American and Allied troops liberated France.
What is D-Day?
400
The American general that led troops during the Korean War.
Who is Douglas McArthur?
400
The communist leader of Russia during WW II
Who is Josef Stalin?
400
These were used to share current events with citizens.
What is a newsreel?
400
A place where prisoners are held during wartime
What is an internment camp
500
These servicemen created a secret language to speak in code so that the Japanese wouldn't know our battle strategies.
What are Navajo Code Talkers?
500
Which part of Korea was the United States trying to help remain free from communism during the Korean War?
What is South Korea?
500
This physical barrier separated the Allied controlled western side of Germany while the Eastern side was controlled by Russia.
What is the Berlin wall?
500
A place where Jews were sent to be confined or exterminated by the Nazis.
What is a concentration camp?
500
A large ship that carries planes
What is an aircraft carrier
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