Unit 9: World War II

Rationing

Limiting the amount of goods Americans could buy.

Allied Powers

United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union.

Axis Powers

Germany, Italy, Japan.

Internment

Placement of Japanese Americans into camps.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

President who issued Executive Order 9066 to intern Japanese Americans.

Harry Truman

President who desegregated the military with Executive Order 9981.

Adolph Hitler

Dictator of Nazi Germany.

Benito Mussolini

Fascist dictator of Italy.

Hideki Tojo

Prime Minister of Imperial Japan.

Joseph Stalin

Dictator of the Soviet Union.

Douglas MacArthur

Commander of the Allied Forces in the Pacific Theater.

Dwight Eisenhower

Commander of the Allied Forces in the European Theater.

Albert Einstein

German-Jewish refugee who wrote a letter to FDR recommending atomic weapon.

Pearl Harbor

A day that will live in infamy, December 7th, 1941.

Midway

The turning point of fighting in the Pacific; will begin island-hopping strategy.

Island Hopping

Strategy used to reclaim land lost to Japan and ultimately reach Japan.

Pacific Theater

Used to describe the fighting in Sourheast Asia.

D-Day

Brought together the land, air, and sea forces to result in the largest amphibious invasion.

Fall of Berlin

Resulted in the death of Hitler and the destruction of the Nazi regime.

European Theater

Used to describe the fighting that took place from the Atlantic Ocean to the Ural Mountains.

Executive Order 9066

Authorized the internment of Japanese-Americans.

Manhattan Project

Top secret program used to develop and deploy the world’s first atomic weapon.

Fat Man

Plutonium implosion-type bomb used on the city of Nagasaki.

Little Boy

Gun-type uranium bomb used on the city of Hiroshima.

GI Bill

Provided WWII veterans with funds for college, unemployment insurance and housing.

Lend-Lease Act

Allow the U.S. to rent/loan war supplies to any nation deemeed “vital to the defense of the United States.”

Nuremberg Trials

Crimes against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing crimes.

Home Front

The efforts by Americans to assist in the war, could be factory work, growing victory gardens, limiting purchases.

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Executive order 9066

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Pearl Harbor bombing

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Hiroshima & Nagasaki atomic bombs

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Rationing