Untitled Flashcards Set

Volstead Act - Law enforcing Prohibition, banning the sale of alcohol.
Prohibition - The nationwide ban on alcohol (1920-1933) under the 18th Amendment.

Pearl Harbor - December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on a U.S. naval base, leading the U.S. to enter WWII.

Allies vs. Axis - WWII alliances: Allies (U.S., Britain, USSR) vs. Axis (Germany, Italy,

Kristallnacht - 1938 Nazi-led attack on Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues in Germany.

The Holocaust - Systematic genocide of six million Jews and other minorities by Nazi
Lend-Lease Act - U.S. program to provide military aid to Allies before entering WWII.
Rosie the Riveter - Symbol of women working in factories during WWII.

Navajo code talkers - Native American soldiers who used their language as an unbreakable code in WWII.

Japanese internment camps - U.S. forced relocation of Japanese Americans during
WWII due to fear of espionage.
D-Day - June 6, 1944, Allied invasion of Normandy, a turning point in WWII.
Battle of Midway/ "island hopping' policy - U.S. strategy of capturing key Pacific islands to approach Japan.

Manhattan Project - Secret U.S. project developing the atomic bomb, leading to iroshima and Nagasaki bombin
United Nations - International organization formed after WWII to promote peace a cooperation.

Zoot Suit Riots - WWIl-era racial clashes between U.S. servicemen and Mexican American youths in Los Angeles

Final four conferences - WWII strategy meetings: Casablanca, Tehran, Yalta, Potsdam