social studies

Dictator

-a person who has absolute power over a country or government

Totalitarian state

 The government being in full control(russia germany and italy and soviet union)

Franklin D. Roosevelt- 

President of U.S.A during WW2

Adolf Hitler-

Leader of germany during WW2

Harry Truman-

president during the end of WW2

Joseph Stalin-

soviet unions head commander

Benito Mussolini-

leader of italy

Winston Churchill-

 prime minister of the UK

Isolationist

you stay away from other countries issues 

Blitzkrieg-

 lightning warfare, a way the germans used to take over countries early in the war

Appeasement-

 a foreign policy strategy of making concessions to an aggressive power to avoid conflict

Nuremberg Laws- 

took away the jews rights

Holocaust

 The holocaust the event that killed a lot of european jews

Pearl Harbor

 A surprise military attack from japan on USA and it made US come out of nuetral

FDR’s Pearl Harbor speech

-implicitly urging the American people never to forget the attack and memorialize its date

Battle of D-Day

Allied(US,British,Canada) invasion of German-occupied France on June 6, 1944,

Fighting in Europe- who were we fighting and what was it like?-

the Allies, including the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and France, fought against the Axis powers, primarily Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy

Fighting in the Pacific- who were we fighting and what was it like?

the United States and its allies fought against the Empire of Japan

Home front-  and used island hopping to win

homefront

rationing and junk rallies and victory gardens were used to help soldiers

War of Production-

the massive industrial transformation where peacetime industries were retooled to produce military equipment and supplies

Rationing-

 PEople were given rationing stamps and were limited on good like sugar, coffee, meat, canned goods, gasoline, tires, and rubber

Victory gardens

People were encouraged to make their own gardens to save food for the troops

Junk Rally-

community events organized to collect scrap metal, rags, and paper to support the war effort by providing materials for weapons, tanks, and other essential equipment.

Japanese American Internment

-Anyone that looked japanese was thought to be a spy so everyone was put into interment camps for duration of war incase of spys

Women’s role during WWII-

filling jobs in factories, joining auxiliary branches of the armed forces, and volunteering for organizations like the Red Cross

Rosie the Riveter

"Rosie the Riveter" was an iconic symbol of women working in factories and shipyards

Atomic Bomb- what cities was it dropped on?  What was it? 

Why did Truman decide to use it?-

The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, ending World War II. Truman decided to use them to force Japan's surrender and potentially save American lives in a costly invasion, though the bombings resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians

Allies – major countries-

the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, and China,

Axis Powers

Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan