Social Studies Exam

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Albert Einsten

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he told Roosevelt that Germany might use nuclear weapons

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Allies

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americans sympathetic to them, they were against Germany; fighting the Axis Powers

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American First Committee

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formed by isolationists

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Annex

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to make part of your country

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Anti-Semitism

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hating the jews for no apparent reason

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appeasement

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accepting demands in order to avoid conflict

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Atlantic Charter

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document signed between Roosevelt and Chuchill

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Auschwitz

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location of extermination camp

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Axis Powers

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fighting the Allies

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Bataan Death March

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transfer of prisoners; by Japanese forces in the philipines; 1942

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Battle of the Bulge

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the battle of the turning point of the war

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Berlin

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where Albert Einstein went

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Blitzkrieg

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attacking all at once; not waiting and gaining as you go on

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Bunker

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big pieces of metal

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Concentration Camps

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places where the jews were kept; jews worked for the Germans there

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Corregidor

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island in the entrance of the Philippine's Manila Bay

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D-Day

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happened in France, 1944; american attack- in Normandy

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Desert Fox

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nickname for Erwin Rommel; fought against d-day; fought in North Africa

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Dictator

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a leader who rules with total authority, often in a cruel or brutal manner

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disarmament

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taking away all weapons

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douglas MacArthur

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american general

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Dwight Eisenhower

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general in war who became president after war

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English Channel

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the water america sailed on to get to normandy

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Erwin Rommel

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also called the desert fox

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Extermination Camps

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also called death camps, jews were sent there to be killed

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Facism

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extreme nationalism, to kill anyone who is not like you; no tolerance to others that are different

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Genocide

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the deliberate destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group

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George Patton

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US general

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Guadalcanal

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island in the Pacific Ocean; turning point of war, it stopped japanese expansion

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Harry Truman

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thirty-third president of the United States

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Hiroshima

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one of the places in Japan America bombed

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Holocaust

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when many, many jews were killed because they were jewish; also people who were not "pure German"

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II Duce

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Musolini was known as him

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Indochina

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vietnam

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Infamy

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being well known for something bad

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Internment camps

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people kept before sent to death camps

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Isolationism

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living within your country, with no help from anyone else. being just you

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Iwo Jima

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battle in the pacific between Japan and we won; famous because of picture of lifting flag

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Kamikazes

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planes that flew into ships and blew up; japanese

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Lebensraum

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idea of hitler; means "habitat" or "living space"; had to do with expansion

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Lend-Lease

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the act passed during World War II allowing the United States to seal, lend, or lease arms or other war supplies to any nation helpful to the United States

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Liberation

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freeing enslaved people; giving people back their rights

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Maginot Line

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a line of bunkers on the border between Poland and Germany

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Manhattan Project

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project to develope nuclear weapons

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Mein Kampf

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book hitler writes while in jail; book about "impure people"

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Mobilization

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gathering resources and prepationg for war

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Moscow

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capital of Russia

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Nagasaki

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one of the places america bombed

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Nazi Party

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the people who were for hitler

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Nisei

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Japanese/Chinese Americans

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normandy

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location of D-Day

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Nuremburg Trials

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trials for persecution of nazis

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Okinawa

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japanese island where the Battle of Okinawa took place; typhoon of steel; last major battle of the war

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Potsdam Declaration

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by Harry Truman, Winston Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek; terms of surrender for Japan

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Propoganda

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ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion

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RAF

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the British Armed forces; stands for Royal Air Force

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Rationing

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giving out scarce items on a limited basis

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Rosie the Riveter

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"We Can Do It"; represented six million women who worked in factories during war

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Selective Service Act

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draft Roosevelt had before war

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Stalingrad

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Battle of Stalingrad took place here; between Germans and Allies; turning point in WWII of Europe

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Suez Canal

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the british empire depended on it; if canal was caputured by axis then they would have to increase many miles

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Tokyo

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america bombed here; raid on Tokyo called Doolittle Raid; on April 18, 1942

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Totalitarian

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when the government or polical authority control everything completely

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Tuskegee Airmen

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black pilots; trained alamaba's Tuskegee Army Air Field; first African American flying thing on US military

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VE Day

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"victory in europe day" may 8

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VJ Day

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"victory of Japan day"

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WACS

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women belonging to Women Army Corps- no longer present

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WAVES

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belonging to the women's part of the US navy- no longer present