Vocabulary
Genocide of European Jews during World War II
What was the Holocaust?
Born: January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York
Died: April 12, 1945 in Warm Springs, Georgia
Best known for: Leading the United States and the Allied Powers against the Axis Powers of Germany and Japan during World War II.
Who is President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Set price limits or “price ceilings” and included special books, and coupons to buy goods like sugar.
What is rationing?
The free association of people from different racial backgrounds
What is integration?
The way in which FDR referred to the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Habor.
What is "A day that will in infamy"?
A policy where a country tries to keep to itself, and not get involved in the affairs of other countries
What is isolationism?
Born: November 30th, 1874 in Oxfordshire, England
Died: 24 January 1965 in London, England
Best known for: Standing up to the Germans in World War II
Who is Prime Minister Winston Churchill?
Individual, home efforts to ensure adequate food supply. Emphasize the importance of canning and food preservation.
Victory Gardens
Separation of people based on race in daily life.
What is racial segregation?
The date that WWII began.
What was September 1, 1939?
A diplomatic negotiation policy of making political, material, or territorial concessions to an aggressive power with intention to avoid conflict.
What is appeasement?
Born: April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary
Died: April 30 1945 in Berlin, Germany
Best known for: Starting World War II and the Holocaust
Who is Chancellor Adolf Hitler?
A cultural icon in the United States who represents the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
Social movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the U.S. to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement.
The approximate total of soldiers that fought on behalf of the Allied or Axis countries.
What is 70 million?
Japanese soldier carrying out a suicide mission in order to inflict damage on the enemy.
Who is a Kamikaze?
Born: December 18, 1878 in Gori, Georgia
Died: March 5, 1953 Kuntsevo Dacha near Moscow, Russia
Best known for: Fighting the Germans in WW2 and starting the Cold War
Who is leader of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin?
After Pearl Harbor, many people didn't trust Japanese-Americans and were worried that they would help Japan to invade America. In 1942, President Roosevelt signed a bill that ordered Japanese Americans to go to these.
What are internment camps?
Group of African American military pilots and airmen who fought in World War II.
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
A major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place June 4–7, 1942.
What was Battle of Midway?
This means "lightning war" in German. Hitler would attack quickly and try to take over a country before it had time to fight back
What is Blitzkrieg?
Born: July 29, 1883 in Predappio, Italy
Died: April 28, 1945 in Giulino di Mezzegra, Italy
Best known for: Ruling Italy during World War II and founding the Fascist Party
Who is Leader Benito Mussolini?
He wanted to portray these countries and their leaders as manipulative without morals. A few of the films he produced were Commando Duck (1944), and Donald Gets Drafted (1942).
Who is Walt Disney?
An independent battalion of the United States Army during World War II, made up primarily of Black Panther members, and its' motto was "Come Out Fighting."
What was the 761st Tank Battalion?
The air raid on April 18, 1942, and the first attack by the United States on the Japanese archipelago.
What was the Doolittle Raid?