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World War 2 SFI's Final Exam
Mr. Bass's Final Exam 3rd Nine Weeks
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History
11th Grade
03/26/2009

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Allies

Definition
  • Friends/People who help each other/coterie
    • United States
    • Great Britian
    • Soviet Union
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America First Committee
Definition
Against the war [Isolationists]
Term
Anschluss
Definition
Germany and Austria alliance
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Appeasement
Definition
Doing what Hitler wants, Munich Conference
Term
Axis
Definition
Japan, Italy, Germany
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Bases for Destroyers deal (Land-Lease)
Definition
United States gave large amounts of war materials to Allied Nations. [In return, Britain let the United States have military bases in Bermuda, Newfoundland, and British West Indies]
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Blitzkrieg
Definition
Lighting War
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Fascism
Definition
Total control of government
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Mein Kampf
Definition
Hitler's book
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Nuremberg Laws
Definition
Discriminating Laws against Jews
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Phony War
Definition
After Germany attacked Poland no one fought
Term
Vichy France
Definition
Puppet government in France
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Wolfpacks
Definition
German Subs
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Neville Chamberlain
Definition
Prime Minister of Britain
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Winston Churchill
Definition
Says Neville Chamberlain is an idiot. Became Prime Minister, led England.
Term
Francisco Franco
Definition
Dictator of Spain [was against communism]
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Adolf Hitler
Definition
Chancellor of Germany
Term
Cordell Hull
Definition
Established the United Nations
Term
Benito Mussolini
Definition
Leader of Italy
Term
Josef Stalin
Definition
Leader of Soviet Union
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Henry Stimson
Definition
Governor General of the Philippines [succeeding Leonard Wood] and supreme commander on the Atomic Bomb.
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Hideki Tojo
Definition
Prime Minister of Japan
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Wendell Willkie
Definition
Lost to FDR in the 1940 Election
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Washington Conference
Definition
Made the Navy stronger
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Dawes Plan
Definition
Circular Path of loans
Term
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Definition
Outlawed war as an instrument of national policy [62 nations]
Term
Stimson Doctrine
Definition
Warned Japan and declared Manchukuo [a puppet state in Manchuria] illegitimate
Term
Good Neighbor Policy
Definition
U.S. wanted to be on good terms with Latin America
Term
Neutrality Act
Definition
Arm's Embargo with victims and agrrressor
Term
Munich Conference
Definition
Germany given Sudetenland, APPEASEMENT
Term
St. Louis
Definition
Ship carrying 900 Jewish refugees
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Non-Aggression Pact
Definition
Germany and USSR
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Cash-and-Carry
Definition
Allowed the sale of material (weapons) as long as the recipients arranged for the transport using their own ships and paid immediately in cash. The purpose was to hold neutrality between the United States and European countries, while still giving material aid to Britain.
Term
Atlantic Charter
Definition
Britain and USA [Blueprint for world after WW2]
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Convoy
Definition
Group of Ships
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Free France
Definition
French fighters in World War II who decided to continue fighting against Axis forces after the surrender of France and subsequent German occupation
Term
Holocaust
Definition
Jewish [And other groups] genocide
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Luftwaffe
Definition
German Airforce
Term
Operation Overlord
Definition
Nickname for D-Day (Normandy Landings)
Term
Operation Torch
Definition
British-American invasion of French North Africa
Term
2nd Front
Definition
USSR
Term
VE Day
Definition
Victory in Europe
Term
Omar Bradley
Definition
One of the main U.S. Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II
Term
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Definition
Supreme Commander of the Allies
Term
Charles de Gaulle
Definition
French leader who led the Free France forces during WW2
Term
Bernard Montgomery
Definition
General for Britain
Term
George Patton
Definition
General during WW2, tank commander
Term
Erwin Rommel
Definition
Commander of desert warfare for Germans
Term
Battle of Stalingrad
Definition
Soviet Union vs. Nazi Germany [and Allies] for the control of the city of Stalingrad [in Russia]
Term
Battle of the Bulge
Definition
Last major Nazi offensive against Allies
Term
Enola Gay
Definition
Dropped first Atomic Bomb
Term
Island Hopping
Definition
War Tactic
Term
Kamikaze
Definition
Suicide Attack
Term
Douglas MacArthur
Definition
Pacific War General for the Army
Term
Chester Nimitz
Definition
U.S. Navy Admiral
Term
Chaing Kai Shek
Definition
Chinese [fighting Japanese] democracy
Term
Mao Zedong
Definition
Chinese [fighting Japanese] communist
Term
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Definition
Japanese cities were the Atomic Bomb was dropped
Term
Casablanca
Definition
Roosevelt and Churchill, demanded only an Unconditional Surrender
Term
Teheran
Definition
Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, planned for 2nd Front, USSR to help against Japan
Term
Yalta
Definition
Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, post-war planning (UN) and Eastern Europe/Poland future
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Postdam
Definition
Truman, Attlee (New British Prime Minister) and Stalin, postwar plans for Germany and Japan
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Marshall Plan
Definition
Plan to rebuild war-torn Europe
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Braceros
Definition
A temporary contract labor program initiated by an August 1942 exchange of diplomatic notes between the United States and Mexico (Mexican workers who worked in the US)
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Manhattan Project
Definition
WW2 Nuclear Project
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Nisei
Definition
Japanese Americans
Term
Interment/Detention Camps
Definition
Japanese in the US were sent to detention camps
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Rationing
Definition
Controlled distribution of scare resources
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Rosie
Definition
The Riveter, women working in factories during war
Term
WAAC
Definition
Woman's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAVES, navy)
Term
Zoot Suit Riots
Definition
Between white sailors/marines and Latino youths
Term
George Marshall
Definition
Chief of Staff of the Army, Marshall Plan
Term
Robert Oppenheimer
Definition
Atomic Bomb (Manhattan Project)
Term
A. Philip Randolph
Definition
Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters
Term
Selective Service System
Definition
Draft, started before war
Term
GI Bill of Rights
Definition
Gave education opportunities and loans to returning soldiers
Term
OSRD
Definition
Office of Scientific Research and Development (radar, sonar, Manhattan project)
Term
OPA
Definition
Office of Price Administration, tried to keep inflation in line by controlling wages and prices
Term
Tuskegee Airmen
Definition
Black Pilots
Term
Korematsu vs. US
Definition
Over Executive Order 9066 (detention camps)
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