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16 Cards in this Set
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Isolationism
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Not taking part of war in the affairs od other nations; Before WW1; mostly for war in Europe
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Dictators
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Mussolini, Hitler, Stalding, and Hirohito
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Appeasement
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The policy of giving an agressor what he wants to avoid war
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Pearl Harbor
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Dec. 7, 1941
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Relocation camps
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After the bombing of Pearl Harbor japense citizens were forced to live in these camps
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Tuskegee Airmen
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Forst AA to fly in the military
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Supreme commander of allied forces
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D-Day
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June 6, 1994; when Europe was freed from Hitlers control
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Warm Springs GA
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Where Eisenhower visited often; died there in the middle of a portrait
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Enola Gay
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U.S bomber that dropped atomic bomb on Japan twice
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Carl Vinson
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Nicknamed "Father of the 2 ocean navy"
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Holocaust
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Where jew were killed systematically; also means sacrifice by fire
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Rationed
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Where consumption is limited
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GI bill
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Gives veterns a free college education or gives money to start their own buissness
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POW camps
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Prisoners of war
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Changes due to WW2
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Gave women more rights
Gave AA more rights First time children were left home alone |
