Vocabulary and Terms
What is Anti-Semitism?
The discrimination, persecution and hatred of Jews.
What event happened on December 7th, 1941 and pulled the U.S. into WWII?
The attack on Pearl Harbor
Who was the U.S. President during the first part of WWII, but died in office before it ended?
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
What type of government did the U.S. and Great Britain have during WWII?
Democracies
These 3 countries were the Axis Powers:
Germany, Italy and Japan
What is rationing
Setting limits on the amount of goods people can buy.
WWII officially began in Europe after the invasion of this country:
B. Poland
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union?
Joseph Stalin
What type of government did Italy have under Mussolini?
Fascism
The U.S. interned over 100,000 of this group of people during the war.
Japanese-Americans
Who were the Kamikazes?
Japanese pilots who would deliberately crash their planes into American ships, committing suicide.
The U.S. govt. interned over 100,000 of these people during the war.
Japanese-Americans
Who was the fascist leader of Italy?
Benito Mussolini
What type of government did the Soviet Union have?
Communism
What is the term for the killing of over 6 million Jewish people, as well as 5 million other enemies of the state?
The Holocaust
What was Island Hopping?
What was D-Day?
The Allies invasion of Normandy.
What was the name of the illustrated character on posters that promoted women to work during the war?
Rosie the Riveter
The name of a leader who has complete control over all aspects of government and even citizens lives
Dictator
At the start of the war in 1939, the U.S. was officially neutral, but they still helped the allies through which piece of legislation?
What is genocide?
an attempt to wipe out a nation or a group of people.
What was the Battle of the Bulge?
A large push by the German army, but ended up being an Allied victory.
Who became the American president after Franklin Roosevelt died?
Harry S. Truman
What type of government has single party rule, and controls the means of production in the country?
In 1939, Britain tried to prevent the war with this diplomatic policy that ultimately failed.
Appeasement