SSUSH19: World War II Origins, Developments, and Domestic Impact

Vocabulary flashcards covering the key terms, military theaters, major events, and domestic policies outlined in standard SSUSH19 regarding World War II.

SSUSH19

The United States History standard requiring students to examine the origins, major developments, and domestic impact of World War II, including the growth of the federal government.

Lend-Lease

A program investigated as one of the key origins of United States involvement in World War II prior to direct military entry.

Pearl Harbor

The site of the Japanese attack that served as a direct origin of United States military involvement in World War II.

Pacific Theater

The World War II theater of operations marked by severe logistical challenges in delivering weapons, food, and medical supplies to troops, the Battle of Midway, the Manhattan Project, and the atomic bombings.

Battle of Midway

A major naval engagement and pivotal development fought in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

Manhattan Project

The top-secret development project responsible for creating the atomic bombs dropped in the Pacific Theater.

European Theater

The World War II combat theater characterized by difficulties in delivering weapons, food, and medical supplies to troops, the D-Day invasion, and the Fall of Berlin.

D-Day

A major Allied military operation and crucial turning point within the European Theater of World War II.

Fall of Berlin

A major climactic development in the European Theater leading to the final defeat of Nazi Germany.

War Mobilization

The preparation and organization of domestic resources for World War II, reflected in rationing, wartime industrial conversion, and the vital contributions of women and African Americans.

Rationing

A domestic control measure used during World War II to limit civilian consumption of goods as an indicator of war mobilization.

Wartime Conversion

The process of adapting domestic manufacturing plants and civilian factories to produce military supplies and equipment for World War II.

Integration of Defense Industries

An exercise of executive authority by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that prohibited discrimination in war production employment.

Internment of Japanese-Americans

The forced domestic relocation and confinement of Japanese-Americans carried out under President Roosevelt's executive powers during World War II.