US History Unit 6 (aka Unit 10 CPUSH)

Bataan Death March

Allied POWs' forced march by the Japanese

Lebensraum

living space

Collectivization

Stalin gathered all farms and factories to equalize the nation

Fascism

Form of government Mussolini emphasize in Italy, which often exalts the nation above the individual

Mussolini

Fascist leader of Italy

Hitler

Dictator of Germany

Hideki Tojo

Japan's prime minister. ordered attack on pearl harbor

Stalin

Dictator of Russia (the Soviet Union)

Caused the rise of dictators

powerless democratic governments, feeble economic systems, the treaty of Versailles

The Great Purge

Stalin's murder of 20 million Russians

Propaganda

Mussolini used it for his rise to power in Italy

Brown Shirts

Hitler's youth army of supporters, to bully the people into voting for him

Emperor Hirohito

Virtually powerless emperor of Japan, due to the veto power the navy and army possessed

Japan attacked China

They needed resources that they were lacking

Lend-Lease Act

Allowed arms for those fighting aggression

Atlantic Charter

Meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill to discuss the goals of war

Neutrality Acts

America would not sell to countries at war in 1936

Japanese attack on the Philippines

Occurred within hours of the Pearl Harbor bombing

Four Freedoms Speech

A speech by FDR that outlined the principles of freedom speech, religion, from want, and from fear

Arsenal of Democracy Speech

FDR's call to arms in support of America's allies

Office of Price Administration

Fought inflation by implementing price controls and rationing goods.

Manhattan Project

Develop the atomic bomb.

Office of Scientific Research and Development

This was responsible for improvements in radar and sonar and the development of "wonder drugs" such as penicillin that saved countless lives.

Native Americans

They often served as effective code-talkers by using "lost" languages.

War Production Board

Converted factories from civilian to military production. Manufacturing output tripled.

Zoot-Suite Riot

Off duty sailors attacked Latino's for seemingly being unpatriotic in their dress

Rosie the Riveter

Represented the women who worked in wartime industry

Double V

A campaign for equality for American Americans

March on Washington

African American protest due to defense contracts becoming unfair

Office of War Information

Regulated Hollywood to be patriotic

Battle of the Coral Sea

U.S. aircraft carriers halted a Japanese advance toward Australia.

D-Day

Joint force invasion of to liberate France from German control.

Island Hopping

A military strategy that involved strategically attacking specific enemy-held islands and bypassing others

Munich Pact

Hitler's promise to not take all of Czechoslovakia, which he broke

Executive Order 9066

War Relocation Act that selected certain areas of the US to remove and interned Japanese civilians

Cash and Carry

Act passed to further insulate (isolate) and protect America from war

Selective Service Act

During WWII it was the first draft during "peace time"

Victory Gardens

In an effort to preserve food for the war effort

Tuskegee Airmen

The first all African American military aviators (pilots)

Yalta Conference

What to do with Germany was the main focus of the meeting

The Battle of Stalingrad

Fought over the southern oil fields of Russia

The Battle for North Africa

Fought to protect the Suez Canal and Mediterranean

The Battle of Midway

Turned the tide of war in America's favor, as Japan took the defensive

The Battle Leyte Gulf

Fought to cut Japan's empire in half, at the Philippines

Battle of the Atlantic

Fought to protect American transport ships from German submarines

Invasion of Italy

Thought to be the "soft underbelly" of Germany, but that was false

The Battle of the Bulge

Germany's last effort to stall the Allies and gain a conditional surrender

Okinawa

Taken in preparation for a land invasion of Japan

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Atomic Bomb dropped to end the war