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12/03/2008

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Lebensraum
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Nazi ideal that they have a constant need for land, space, and raw materials...
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Anschluss
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was the 1938 annexation of Austria into Greater Germany by the Nazi regime.
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Executive order of 9066
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was a presidential executive order issued during World War II by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, using his authority as Commander-in-Chief to exercise war powers to send ethnic groups to internment camps.
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Bracero Program
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was a temporary contract labor program initiated by an August 1942 exchange of diplomatic notes between the United States and Mexico.
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Executive order 8802
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also known as the Fair Employment Act) was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 25, 1941 to prohibit racial discrimination in the national defense industry. It was the first federal law to promote equal opportunity and prohibit employment discrimination in the United States.
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Yalta Conference
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On 4 February to 11 February 1945 the Big Three (Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin) met in a conference to set out major goals and points.
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The "long telegram"
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8,000-word telegram from George Kennan, an Embassy official detailing thoughts and concerns on soviet communism
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"Containment"
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Containment refers to a foreign policy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.
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National Security Act (1947)
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signed by U.S. President Harry S. Truman realigned and reorganized the United States' armed forces, foreign policy, and Intelligence Community apparatus in the aftermath of World War II.
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