Vocab
Wartime America
War in the Pacific
The War in Europe
The War Ends
100
a system used for choosing people from the population to serve in the military
What is a Draft?
100
The United States quickly increased war production because of plans to build war planes and a two-ocean Navy.
US war production quickly increased because of plans to build what?
100
United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II
Who is Douglas MacArthur
100
lightening war- a swift, highly concentrated offensive with the use of tanks covered by air support
What was meant by Blitzkrieg?
100
Victory in Europe" day,
What was V-E Day?
200
to deprive of the right to vote
What is a disenfranchise
200
The automobile industry was well-suited for war production of trucks, jeeps, and tanks
What vehicles was the auto industry well suited to produce for the war?
200
WWII strategy of conquering only certain Pacific islands that were important to the Allied advance toward Japan
What is Island Hopping
200
the time in the west when little happened during the strain of winter from 1939-1940
What was the "phony War'?
200
Trials prosecuted German leaders for war crimes.
What were the Nuremberg Trials?
300
a government contract to pay a manufacturer the cost to produce an item plus a guaranteed percentage
What is a cost-plus
300
With so many men in the military, employers recruited women. Many of the jobs were nontraditional, such as working in factories.
Why did employers recruit women during WW2 and for what kinds of jobs?
300
a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II
What is a Kamikaze
300
the new and effective champion of Britain's war effort
Who is Winston Churchill
300
bombs that exploded and started fires. They were used to destroy Japan's war production.
What were firebombs?
400
a new industrial region in southern California and the Deep South, developing during World War II
What is a Sunbelt
400
President Roosevelt's war government removed thousands of Americans of Japanese, Italian, and German descent to relocation camps.
Who was sent to relocation camps?
400
a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)
Iwo Jima
400
the name given to the extermination of Jews
What is the Holocaust
400
they needed an island close to Japan from which to launch air strikes.
Why did America invade Iwo Jima?
500
to harmonize or bring into common action, movement, or condition
What is a coordinate
500
To finance the war, the government raised taxes and issued war bonds.
How did the government finance the war?
500
a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945)
Okinawa
500
Where Jews were placed in Poland
What are ghettos?
500
the Rhine River.
What was Germany's last line of defense?
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