Vocab 1
What was the first battle for the USA of World War II?
Japan attacked and caused US to declare war
Pearl Harbor December 7,1941
Executive Order that required hiring of minorities in war industries
8802
Laws that took citizenship from Jews.
Nuremburg Laws
Office responsible for the development of technologies like atom bomb, sonar, and radar
Office of Scientific Research and Development
The Office of Price Administration controlled for this during WWII. It is a condition of higher prices and lowering of hte value of currency
Inflation
Executive Order that allowed hte relocation of Japanese American in the west coast
9066
Location that were death camps built mostly in Poland like Auschwitz and Birkenau. Gas chambers were their primary killing methods
Concentration Camp
Policy of limiting war supplies to citizens
Rationing
What two cities were destroyed by the USA with the atomic bomb on August 6 and August 9th of 1945
Heroshima and Nagasaki
The invasion to take back Europe from Germany starting on the beaches of Normandy in France; code name
Led by American General Eisenhower
D-Day
French General exiled to GB during the war; leader of their resistance
General DeGual
The ship that the US refused with Jewish refugees on it
St. Louis
Use of media by the government to propose favorable ideas in an effort to impact public opinion
Propaganda
Neville Chamberlin was accused of the policy because he agreed to allow Hitler to keep troops in Czech Republic and Austria
It means to satisfy an aggressor
Appeasement
The agreement between Hitler and Joseph Stalin that Hitler broke
Non aggression pact
Night of violence against Jewish communities that led to them being moved in ghettos
Night of Kristallnacht or Night of Broken Glass
This group aided the war effort by working in industries and were given auxiliary positions for the first time- led to the feminist movement
Women
Allowed America to amend neutrality and give the allies supplies
Lend Lease
Political ideology based on extreme nationalism and suppresses individual freedom- government style of Nazis in Germany, leaders in both Italy and Spain.
Facism
The German Jewish scientist that warned FDR about the Nazis developing an atom bomb
Albert Einstein
He organized a march on Washington to protest racism at home as African American troops were fighting racism and Facism abroad (Double V- victory at home and abroad)
Phillip Randolph