Social Studies 07

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Albert Einstein

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German Physicist, introduced the idea of atomic bomb

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Allies

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Britain, France, Soviet Union, Later America(there were smaller countries also)

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America First Committee

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Americasn who thought that America should stay neutral in war

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Annex

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to add territory to ones own land

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Anti-Semitism

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hatred and discrimination towards Jews

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Appeasement

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accepting demands to avoid conflict

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Atlantic Charter

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made by Roosevelt and Churchill, they decided that their people would decide their own goverment.

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Aushwitz

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an extermination camp that Jews were sent to by Nazi's

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Axis Power

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Germany, Italy, Japan(small nations)

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Bataan Death March

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American prisoners who were starved and many were sick. They were treated like the people in the death camps

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Battle of the Bulge

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German soldiers crossed into a bulge in Allie lines. The Allies push them out soon after

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Berlin

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Nazi headquarter, German capitol

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Blitzkrieg

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lighting war, this name was given because of how fast German violence began

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Bunker

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huge X shaped things in the water just near English Channel to keep British ships from docking. they were used in operation overload.

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Concentration Camp

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prison camps

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Corregidor

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islnad in the philippines that was captured by Americans adn then they soon surrendered

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D-Day

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after Operation Overload
America invaded Germans through English Canal, huge operation run by Eisenhower

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Desert Fox

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Erwin Rommels nickname becuase of his success in desert war fare

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Dictator

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leader of a nation by force

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Disarmament

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giving up military weapons

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Douglas MacArthur

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American general working in the Philippines

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Dwight Eisenhower

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American general that took full responsibility and conducted D-day.
later became president
Commanded American, British, and Canadian troops when they invaded Morocco

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English Channel

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Small area of water that separates the northern part of France and Great Britain

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Erwin Rommel

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German General aka Desert Fox

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Extermination Camp

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people were sent their by Nazi's to ultimately be killed.

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Facism

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society where people are so spell bound and a leader basically just takes over

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Genocide

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The mass killing and wiping out of a certain race or religion of people

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George Patton

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american general who surronded Erwin Rommel and troops(stopped or captured them)

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Guadalcanal

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one of the Solomon Islands, vicious fighting over thid land by Americans and Japenese

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Harry Truman

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Vice president for Roosevelt for most of the war, then became president

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Hiroshima

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city in Japan that got bombed with the first atomic bomb. KILLED MANY PEOPLE

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Holocaust

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the extermination of over 6 million Jews. Gypsies, handicapped and other were also part of this

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Il Duce

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means duke, it’s Italian, and Mussolini was called this.

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Indochina

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After the fall of France in 1940 Japanese seized the French colony in S.E. Asia

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Infamy

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famous in a bad way

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Internment camps

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where Japanese Americans were feared and they were sent to these detention camps in terrible conditions. 1988 Americans realized this want right and so all the survivors were given $20,000.

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Isolationism

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keeping out of the war, having no opinion on war. Being Neutral

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Iwo Jima

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An advance on the Japanese Island of Iwo Jima and America seized the island

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Kamakazaes

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suicide piolets

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Lebensraum

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breathing room. Hitler said this when he wanted to take back land that taken from the Treaty of Versailles

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Lend-Lease

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the act was paaed in 1941 (march) this allowed Americans to lend,lease, or sell war supplies.

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Liberations

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the freeing of all captive people

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Maginot Lime

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A string of steel and concrete bunkers along German border from Belgium to switzerland

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Manhattan Project

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Albert Einstein told Roosevelt that the Germans might use a very powerful weapon, atomic bomb; Roosevelt wanted to do it first so he created a top secret project, Manhattan Project.

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Mein Kamf

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the book that hitler wrote while he was in jail- it told his life story

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Mobilization

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military and civil preparation for war

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Moscow

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capital of the Soviet Union, Germany tried getting there because they thought if they could capture the capitol they could capture the whole country

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Nagaskaki

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The second city in Japan to have an atomic bomb dropped on it. It was supposed to be the 1st but it was foggy on the planned day
70,000killed

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Nazi Party

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National Socialist Worker's Party, German army

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Nisei

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Japenese Americans that were born in the U.S
People saw them as "different" and a threat because of Pearl Harbor

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Normandy

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for preparation of Operation Overload Eisenhowed planned to send troops to the coast of Normandy France

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Nuremberg Trails

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after war Nazis and Japense war leaders were sent to trial by Allies in Nuremberg, Germany and accused of war crimes

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Okinawa

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A Japanese island that was seized along with Iwo Jima

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Potsdam Declaraion

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Before the use of the atomic bomb on Japan Truman send out a warning that said "if Japan didn't surrender then extreme destruction wold take place"

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Propaganda

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ideas or information given to change or influence an opinion

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RAF

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Royal Air Force

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Rationing

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allowing consumers to only buy a certain amount of a product

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Rosie the Riviter

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a cartoon that encouraged women to get factory jobs

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Selective Service Act

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Roosevelt signed this act, 1st peace time war draft in history and applied to men 21-35

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Stalingrad

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city in the Soviet Union that the Germans targeted for the rich oil environment

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Suez Canal

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vital sea link between Europe and Asia

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Tokyo

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war trials were held here, capitol of Japan.

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Totalitarian

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a single political party, and a leader (dictator) controls all aspects of people’s lives (a type of government)

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Tuskegee Airmen

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332ND Fighter Group of African Americans, they shot down more than 200 enemy planes.

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VJ Day

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Victory in Japan

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VE Day

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Victory of Europe

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WACs

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Women’s Army Corps

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WAVES

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Women Appointed for Volunteer Emergency Service in the Navy
Women and African Americans were given bigger and more important jobs while the men were in the army.