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fascism (p. 768)

Antidemocratic movement, which originated in Italy in the 1920s, or extreme nationalism.

National Socialist (Nazi) Party (p. 768)

Racist German political party that was headed by Hitler. Had extremely Anti-Semitic views and tried to solve the economic crisis in Germany.

Rome-Berlin Axis (p. 769)

A political and military alliance between Italy and Germany.

Neutrality Act of 1935 (p. 769)

It placed an embargo or banned Americans from selling arms to warring nations.

Popular Front (p. 770)

A group that was interested in stopping European fascism and interfering with their problems.

Munich Conference (p. 770)

Agreement between Britain, France, and Germany that Germany could have the Sudetenland (part of Czechoslovakia) if they agreed not to seek any more land.

Committee to Defend America By Aiding the Allies (p. 771)

Interventionists that supported America stepping in on the effort of helping France and Great Britain stop Germany and other fascist nations.

America First Committee (p. 771)

Isolationists that wanted the country to stay out of the war.

Four Freedoms (p. 771)

Famous FDR speech that called for protection of democracies and other essential human rights.

Lend-Lease Act (p. 771)

Allowed the country to loan weapons and supplies to Allied nations

Atlantic Charter (p. 772)

Alliance between the U.S., Britain, and other countries

Pearl Harbor (p. 773)

Japanese bombing of an American naval base on December 7, 1941 that killed 2,000 Americans.

War Powers Act (p. 773)

It gave President Roosevelt unprecedented control over all aspects of the war effort.

Revenue Act (p. 775)

It expanded the number of people paying income taxes from 3.9 million to 42.6 million.

code talkers (p. 776)

Native American soldiers that spoke code in Navajo so the Japanese would not be able to crack American orders.

Executive Order 8802 (p. 780)

It ended discrimination for workers in defense and government industries.

Servicemen's Readjustment Act (1944) (p. 781)

Provided education, job training, medical care, pensions, and mortgage loans for men and women who had served in the armed forces.

zoot suits (p. 783)

Hats, long jackets with shoulder pads, and the pegged pants that Hispanic teens wore.

Executive Order 9066 (p. 787)

Presidential Order that put Japanese Americans in internment camps.

D-Day (p. 790)

Allied invasion of France on 6-6-1944. Fought on beaches and very bloody battles went down.

Holocaust (p. 792)

Nazis putting Jewish people and others in concentration camps and systematically wiping them out.

Manhattan Project (p. 793)

Top secret name for the creation of the atomic bomb.

Benito Mussolini (p. 768)

Fascist leader of Italy.

Adolf Hitler (p. 768)

Infamous German leader that was the face of the Nazis.

Hideki Tojo (p. 773)

Japanese general and Prime Minister

Charles A. Lindbergh (p. 769)

First man to fly across the Atlantic. Also an isolationist and Anti-Semite.

Winston Churchill (p. 772)

British Prime Minister

Harry S. Truman (p. 781)

POTUS after FDR that decided to drop the atom bomb.

Gordon Hirabayashi (p. 788)

Japanese-American that appealed his incarceration to the Supreme Court.

Dwight D. Eisenhower (p. 790)

American general that led at D-Day and later became POTUS