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40 Cards in this Set
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Kellogg-Briand Treaty
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signed in Paris 1928, meant to outlaw war.
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Washington Conference
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1921, composed of nine nations, sought to create plan for naval disarmament, produced Nine Power Treaty and Four Power Treaty
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Adolf Hitler
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elected chancellor of Germany in 1933, promised German people a return to greatness, condemned Jews,and spoke of Aryan supremacy
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Nye Committee
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investigated idea that bankers and munitions dealers were responsible for US involvement in WWI
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America First Committee
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non-interventionist group that opposed US entry into WWI
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War Production Board
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headed by Donald Nelson, allowed tax credits for new plants made for needed goods, set up allocation system
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Federal Employment Practices Committee
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established to ban racial discrimination in war industries, more successful in public sector than private sector
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"Zoot Suit" Riots
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1943, white sailors attacked young, Mexican Americans wearing zoot suits in LA
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D-Day
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June 6, 1944, the second front of WWI, had two parts; parachuting behind German lines at night and storming beaches in the morning
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Manhattan Project
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US Project, $2 billion project spent on development of atomic bomb
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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two Japanese cities attacked with atomic bombs, dropped on August 6 and 9, 1945
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Los Alamos
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city in New Mexico, lab there helped develop atomic bomb
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Chiang Kai Shek
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led the Chinese forces during WWII, successfully defended mainland China from the Japanese after retreating to the interior of the country
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Hideki Tojo
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Premier of Japan, made one last diplomatic effort before war broke out with the US
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Charles De Gaulle
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general and statesman, led the Free French government
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Joseph Stalin
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General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, led the USSR during the second world war
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A. Phillip Randolph
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leader of African American rights, planned to organize a rally on Washington demanding equal rights
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Henry Stimson
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Truman's secretary of war, encouraged him to OKAY the dropping of the bombs on Japan
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Cordell Hull
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Roosevelt's Secretary of State in 1933, made a proclamation of nonintervention in regards to Latin America
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Veterans of Future Wars
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formed at Princeton, a satirical group jokingly try to get compensation for wars they were going to fight in the future
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Sudetenland
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German-speaking province of Czechoslovakia demanded by Hitler, and given to him through the Munich Pact
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Nazi – Soviet Pact
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signed between Nazi Germany and the USSR, agreed to not fight for 10 years, prevented a two war front for Hitler
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Cash and Carry / Lend –Lease Acts
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lending and leasing goods to countries fighting aggressors in the war
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Mother’s Crusade
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protested the Lend-Lease Acts, highly against World War II
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Reuben James
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US Warship that was sunken by a U-boat, killing over a hundred troops.
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Tripartite Pact
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peace treaty between Japan and Germany, opened the possibility of a two-ocean war for the US
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Axis Powers
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composed of Germany, Italy, and Japan
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Pearl Harbor
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US Naval base in Hawaii, bombed by the Japanese during WWII
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Winston Churchill
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British Prime Minister during World War II
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Battle of Stalingrad
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between Germany and USSR, Red Army effectively broke the German military power with victory
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North African Campaign
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Began with US and UK troops landing on coasts of Algeria and Morocco, drove Germans out of Africa
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Charles Nimitz
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admiral, led a naval force in the Pacific theatre of the war
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Office of Price Administration (OPA)
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founded by FDR, controlled prices and rents after the outbreak of WWII
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Executive Order 9066
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set up concentration camps for the Japanese living on the west coast of America, upheld as constitutional in the Supreme Court
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Nisei
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name given to Americans of Japanese descent
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Atlantic Charter
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between US and UK, outlined plan for the world after WWII
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Big Three Conference
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Yelta Conference, meeting between US, UK, and USSR to discuss the postwar division of Europe
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Battle of the Bulge
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the battle that ended World War II
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Manchuria
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coastal province of China that was invaded and taken over by the Japanese.
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USS Missouri
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US warship on which Japan unconditionally surrendered and signed a capitulation agreement
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