World War II
Germanys leader during WWII
Who is Adolf Hitler?
A war instigated by a major power that does not itself become involved
What is Proxy War?
A residential town or community near a city
What is the suburb?
Entrepreneur and America’s first female self-made millionaire
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
Japanese hoped to use Midway as a base to neutralize Pearl Harbor
What is Battle of Midway?
Nationalism, Imperialism, and Militarism
What is causes of the war?
Voting by the people elects a president and congress from competing political parties
What is the American Goverment?
a preoccupation with the purchasing of material goods
What is a Consumerism?
President from 1945 to 1953
Who is Truman?
Work typically performed in administrative settings
What is white collard jobs?
Leaders who control all aspects of society
What is a Total Dictatorship?
Theoretical barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West
What is the Iron Curtain?
Tried to eliminate poverty by tearing down slums and building new high-rise buildings for the poor
What is Urban Renewal?
Dictator of Italy during WWII
Who is Benito Mussolini?
suicide attacks damaged 300 ships and caused 15,000 casualties
What is Kamikaze attacks?
Axis Powers during WWII
Who are Germany, Italy, Japan?
The government controlled all property and economic activity
What is Soviet Communism?
an agency that regulates US communications industries, including radio and television broadcasting
What is Federal Communications Commission?
Dictator of Japan during WWII
Who is Hideki Tojo?
Cultural separation between children and their parents
What is Generational Gap?
Main leading event causing the United states to joing WWII
What is Pearl Harbor?
What is 1959?
will bring 5 million Mexican immigrants to the United States
What is Bracero Program?
led a raid on Tokyo with B-25 bombers
Who is James Doolittle?
Research scientist who developed an injectable polio vaccine
Who is Jonas Salk?