Terms For Levine Exam

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Ant-Semetic

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hating of jews

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Blitzkrieg

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germanys war method - go in with all force not little by little

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Albert Einstein

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told roosevelt Germany might use nuclear weapons

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Allies

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Fighting the Axis of Power

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America First Commitee

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the isolationists who did not want to enter the war

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Annex (v)

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making a place part of your country without their consent

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Appeasement

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to bring to a state of peace

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Atlantic Charter

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signed by roosevelt and churchill

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Auschwitz

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A death camp during the holocaust

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Axis Power

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Everyone fighting the allies

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Bataan Death March

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Transfer of prisons by the japanese forces

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Battle of the Bulge

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a big battle that was the turning point of the war

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Berlin

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capital of east germany

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Bunker

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big peices of metal

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Concentration Camps

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places where the jews were sent to during the holocaust

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Corregidor

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island on the entrance of the phillipines manila bay

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D-Day

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the operation where America invaded france

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Desert Fox

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nickname for erwin rommel. fought on d-day; fought in north africa

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Dictator

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Someone who takes over a country

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Disarmament

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the taking away of weapons

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Douglas MacArthur

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american general

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Dwight Eisenhower

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responsible for organizing all of D-day

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English Channel

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what the americans sasiled on to get to normandy to invade

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Erwin Rommel

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he was the desert fox

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Extermination Camps

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camps where jews were just killed

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Fascism

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extreme nationalism

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Genocide

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killing people because of their ethnic identity

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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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33rd president of the US

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Hiroshima

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where the US dropped their first atomic bomb and flattened the whole city

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Holocaust

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the holocaust was a period of time when Hitler tried to wipe out jews from the face of the world

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Il Duce

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musalini was known as il duce,
musalini was the dictator if Italy

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Indochina

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vietnam

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Infamy

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being famous for doing something horrible

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Internment Camps

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where they kept ppl b4 sendingf them off to death camps

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Isolationism

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not wanting to be involved in anything but your own country

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Iwo Jima

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battle of the pacific that America won famous from lifting flag

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Kamikazes

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planes that blew themselves up to blow up ship

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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 ww2 that allowed US to seal lend or lease arms or other weapons any nation helpful to the US

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Liberation

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the freeing of people

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Maginot Line

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Bunkers, spikes in the ground on the border to keep germans out

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Manhattan Project

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project to develop nuclear weapons

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Mein Kemph

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the book Hitler wrote when he was in jail - means "his struggles"

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Mobilization

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getting ready and gathering resources for war

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Moscow

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capital of russia

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Nagasaki

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where America dropped their 2nd atomic bomb and killed thousands. after this bombing, japan surrenders

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Nazi Party

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A big group of German men who were followers of Hitler and wanted to destroy the jews

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Nisei

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chinese Americans

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Normandy

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the beach D-Day was fought

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Nuremburg Trials

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trials for persecution of the 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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RAF

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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 the 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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british empire depended on their shipping from that

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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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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