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Japanese bombing of ships in Hawaiian harbor; resulted in FDR's request for declaration of war against Japan; Germany and Italy responded with declarations of war
Pearl Harbor
33rd President of the United States. Led the U.S. to victory in WWII making the ultimate decision to use atomic weapons for the first time. Shaped U.S. foreign policy regarding the Soviet Union after the war.
Harry Truman
Invasion led Dwight D. Eisenhower, started in Normandy, on June 6th 1944, was a success, turning point of WWII, first time allied forces successfully set foot in Europe
D-Day Invasion
In April 1945, surrounded by Allies to southwest & Soviet Red Army to the east, Hitler committed suicide with wife Eva Braun & the Third Reich surrendered
Fall of Berlin
a foreign policy that pledged the United States to support democratic nations threatened by authoritarian forces
Truman doctrine
A war fought from 1939 to 1945 between the Axis powers — Germany, Italy, and Japan — and the Allies, including France and Britain, and later the Soviet Union and the United States.
WWII
code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II
Manhattan Project
one of the first battles of the European Theater during WWII. Soviets lost 81,116 men and Germans lost 458,080. One of bloodiest battles in history.
Battle of Berlin
The program under which the US supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, France and other Allied nations with vast amounts of war material between 1941 and 1945.
Internment - the state of being confined as a prisoner, especially for political or military reasons
Lend-Lease Act (1941)
refers to the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals during the Second Red Scare, characterized by fear of communism and the Soviet Union
McCarthyism
The war in the Pacific, most islands were involved, Japan tried to take these islands and sent 65 bombing raids all the way to Australia.
Pacific Theater
Location of first successful atomic bomb testing
Los Alamos, New Mexico
May 8, 1945; victory in Europe day when the Germans surrendered
V-E Day
foreign policy strategy used by the United States during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism and the expansion of the Soviet Union
Containment
established the interstate highway system in the United States
National Interstate and Defense Highways Act
A military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively attacking specific Japanese-held islands and bypassing others
Island Hopping
Two Japanese cities on which the U.S. dropped the atomic bombs to end World War II.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage
Food rationing
the act of assembling and preparing a nation's military forces, including reserves, as well as harnessing its industrial and economic resources, to actively engage in war
Mobilization
a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case that ruled that racially segregating children in public schools was unconstitutional
Brown vs. Board of Education
a decisive American victory over Japan in June 1942 that marked a turning point in the Pacific war
Battle of Midway
Fighting that took place on the continent of Europe against Hitler and Mussolini.
European Theater
A propaganda character designed to increase production of female workers in the factories. It became a rallying symbol for women to do their part.
Rosie the Riveter
a US program that provided economic aid to Western and Southern European countries after World War II
Marshall plan
the first artificial satellite into Earth's orbit by Russia
Sputnik