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| The day (June 6, 1944) in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy |
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An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization
(in general use) Extreme right-wing, authoritarian, or intolerant views or practice |
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| The four essential human freedoms as proclaimed in a speech to Congress by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear |
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| The mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime during the period 1941–45. More than 6 million European Jews, as well as members of other persecuted groups, such as gypsies and homosexuals, were murdered at concentration camps such as Auschwitz |
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| Japanese-American internment was the relocation and internment by the United States government in 1942 of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese who lived along the Pacific coast of the United States to camps called "War Relocation Camps," in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor |
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| The code name for the American project set up in 1942 to develop an atom bomb. The project culminated in 1945 with the detonation of the first nuclear weapon, at White Sands in New Mexico. |
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| The Neutrality Acts were laws that were passed by the United States Congress in the 1930s, in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II. They were spurred by the growth in isolationism and non-interventionism in the US following its costly involvement in World War I, and sought to ensure that the US would not become entangled again in foreign conflicts |
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| The Pacific Ocean theater was one of four major naval theatres of war of World War II, which pitted the forces of Japan against those of the United States, the British Empire, the Netherlands and France. |
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| A temporary marked increase in the birth rate, esp. the one following World War II |
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| a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II |
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| In September 1945, United States President Harry S. Truman addressed Congress and presented a 21 point program of domestic legislation outlining a series of proposed actions in the fields of economic development and social welfare |
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| Originally GI Bill of Rights. Financial assistance provided to people who have or are serving in the military for educational and home purchasing purposes. Administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs |
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| a level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone or some group |
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| Suburb mostly refers to a residential area. They may be the residential areas of a city or separate residential communities within commuting distance of a city |
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