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Clusters of tents & shacks built outside cities by people looking for work
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Political movement started in Italy which called for eliminating all political opposition, preserving a capitalist economy, & increasing the military power of a nation
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Part of the New Deal that provided jobs for unskilled workers during the Great Depression
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Swift, sudden offensive tactic used by Germany in WWII; this term is German for “lightning war”
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Code name for the construction of an atomic bomb in the United States
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Military agreement of mutual assistance between the nations of Germany, Italy, & Japan
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Roosevelt’s program to stimulate the economy and increase the nation’s resources
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The blowing away of huge amounts of soil from the Plains states, causing farm failures
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Franklin Roosevelt’s weekly radio addresses to the people of the United States
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Common name for the army of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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Long period of high unemployment & increased poverty in the U.S. during the 1930's
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Under authority of Executive Order 9006, the U.S. military forced 110,000 Japanese Americans to live in barracks on federal land until the end of WWII
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United States general who led the Allied forces in the Pacific during World War II
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United States general who led the Allied forces in Europe during World War II
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Strong leader of Britain during World War II, Prime Minister (1940-1945)
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President who led the U.S. through the Great Depression and WWII
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German dictator & leader of the Nazi Party who initiated a systematic conquest of Europe leading to WWII
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Fascist dictator who transformed Italy into a militaristic state
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Leader of the Soviet Union during World War II
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U.S. President who was blamed for starting the Great Depression
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Hitler’s secret police who helped suppress those who did not conform
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In January 1943, Soviet troops repelled attack, causing the German army to retreat from Russia
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German political party, led by Adolf Hitler, which supported racist fascism
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Military code name for the Allied invasion of North Africa
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Military code name for the Allied invasion of Normandy
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U.S. naval base in Hawaii which suffered a surprise attack by the Japanese on Dec. 7, 1941
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Japanese city destroyed on August 9, 1945 by an Allied atomic bomb
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Japanese city destroyed on August 6, 1945 by an Allied atomic bomb
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Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944
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