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52 Cards in this Set
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Allied Powers
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alliance of Great Britain, the US, the Soviet Union and other nations
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Anti-Semitism
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discrimination towards Jews
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Arms race
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contest between nations to gain weapon superiority
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Axis Powers
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WWII alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan
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Bataan Death March
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brutal march of US and Filipino prisoners by Japanese soldiers
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Battle of Britain
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attempt by Germany to conquer Great Britain
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Battle of Midway
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1942 naval battle between US and Japan
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Battle of Stalingrad
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battle between Germany and Soviets
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Battle of the Bulge
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German counterattack against US forces
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Bay of Pigs
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failed invasion of Cuba by anti-Castro forces in 1961
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Berlin Wall
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barrier built by East German government to split Berlin
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Blitzkrieg
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rapid and mechanized battle tactic
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Cold War
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competition between the US and Soviets following WWII
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Containment
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US policy to try to keep communism from spreading
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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conflict between US and Soviets over nuclear missiles in Cuba
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D-Day
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Allied invasion of France in 1944
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Deterrence
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policy of being so strong militarily that no one will attack you
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Draft
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required military service
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Enola Gay
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US bomber plane that dropped atom bomb on Hiroshima
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Final Solution
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Germany’s decision to kill Jews
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Genocide
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organized killing of an entire people
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Hiroshima/Nagasaki
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Japanese cities destroyed by the US with atomic weapons
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Holocaust
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Nazi Germany’s systematic attempt to murder all European Jews
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House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
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investigated disloyalty in US
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Iron Curtain
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term describing division between communists and non-communists
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Iwo Jima
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Japanese held island invaded by US in bloody battle
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
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top scientist in the development of the atom bomb
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Korean War
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conflict over the control of Korea involving United Nations and China
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Kristallnacht
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night of violence in Germany where Jewish property was vandalized
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Douglas MacArthur
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US military commander Asia during WWII and Korean War
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Manhattan Project
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secret development of atom bomb by US
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Marshall Plan
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attempt by the US to help rebuild Europe following WWII
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McCarthyism
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anti-Communist smear tactics used by Senator McCarthy in the 50s
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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alliance of non-communist countries in Europe
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Nisei
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Japanese-Americans whose parents were born in Japan
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Normandy invasion
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Allied attempt to liberate France in 1944 (D-day)
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Nuremberg Trials
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judgment of Nazis charged with war crimes
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Pearl Harbor
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Japanese attack of US naval forces in Hawaii
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Propaganda
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information intended to sway public opinion
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Rape of Nanking
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brutality of Japanese soldiers against Chinese
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Rationing
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systematic government control of distribution of goods
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Red scare
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intense fear of communism and radicals
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Satellite nations
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country dominated by another
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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
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US citizens executed for selling secrets to Soviets
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Truman Doctrine
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US policy of supporting non-communist countries against Soviets
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Tuskeegee Airmen
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African American fighter pilots of WWII
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U-boats
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German submarines
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V-E Day
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day when Germany surrendered ending WWII in Europe
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Victory gardens
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civilian attempts to grow food for war effort
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V-J Day
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day when Japan surrendered ending WWII in Asia
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War bonds
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US government borrowing money from citizens for war effort
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Warsaw Pact
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alliance of Soviets and communists countries in Europe
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