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History
9th Grade
12/09/2010

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Term

DATE

 

 

 

PEARL HARBOR ATTACKED

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DEC 7, 1941

Term

DATE

 

 

 

D DAY

Definition

 

 

 

 

JUNE 6, 1944

Term

DATE

 

 

 

JAPAN'S SURRENDER

Definition

 

 

 

 

AUGUST 14, 1945

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

 

NEUTRALITY ACTS

Definition

 

 

 

PROHIBITED THE SALE OF WEAPONS

 

PEOPLE TRAVELLED AT THEIR OWN RISK

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

 

BLITZKRIEG

Definition

 

 

 

LIGHTENING WAR

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

 

SITZKRIEG

Definition

 

 

 

 

SITTING WAR

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

 

VICHY FRANCE

Definition

 

 

 

 

SOUTHERN FRANCE

 

COLLABORATED WITH GERMANY

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

 

COLLABORATE

 

Definition

 

 

 

WILLING SUPPORT

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE ORDERS

Definition

 

 

 

ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENT

 

DO NOT NEED THE APPROVAL OF CONGRESS

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

 

CASH AND CARRY

 

 

 

Definition

 

 

 

 

ALLIES PAID CASH FOR WEAPONS

 

HAD TO CARRY THEM AWAY IN THEIR OWN VESSELS

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

 

LEND LEASE ACT

Definition

 

 

 

AMERICANS ALLOWED TO LEND / LEASE WEAPONS TO ANY NATIONS WHOSE DEFENSE WAS ESSENTIAL TO AMERICA'S SECURITY

 

 

 

 

 

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

ATLANTIC CHARTER

Definition

GOALS:  FOR A POST WAS WORLD

 

NATIONS HAD A CHOICE TO DO WHAT:  DECIDE UPON THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT

 

CREATION OF WHAT:  ORGANIZATION LIKE THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

 

BANZAI

Definition

 

 

 

 

LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

RATION

Definition

 

 

 

 

TO LIMIT

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

SEGREGATION

Definition

 

 

 

TO SEPARATE

TO KEEP A PART

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

 

RELOCATION CAMPS

Definition

 

 

 

WHEN JAPANESE-AMERICANS WERE PUT IN CAMPS BECAUSE THEY WERE THOUGHT TO BE UNPATRIOTIC

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

 

CAPITULATION

Definition

 

 

 

TO GIVE IN

 

TO SURRENDER

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

 

BATAAN DEATH MARCH

Definition

 

 

7000 DIED ON A 65 MILE MARCH IN THE PHILIPPINES.  AMERICANS WERE CAPTURED

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

 

KAMIKASES

Definition

 

 

 

JAPANESE SUICIDE PILOTS

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

 

MANHATTAN PROJECT

Definition

 

 

 

PROJECT TO BUILD THE ATOMIC BOMB

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

 

HOLOCAUST

Definition

 

 

 

 

MURDER OF EUROPEAN JEWS BY THE NAZIS

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

 

FINAL SOLUTION

Definition

 

 

 

 

PLAN TO MURDER THE JEWS

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

 

V.J.DAY

Definition

 

 

 

VICTORY IN JAPAN

Term

DEFINITION

 

 

 

V.E.DAY

Definition

 

 

 

 

VICTORY IN EUROPE

Term

PEOPLE

 

 

HE WAS THE TOTALITARIAN LEADER OF ITALY IN THE 1920'S

Definition

 

 

 

 

BENITO MUSSOLINI

Term

PEOPLE

 

 

 

HE WAS SPAIN'S DICTATOR IN THE 1930'S

Definition

 

 

 

 

GENERAL FRANCISCO FRANCO

Term

PEOPLE

 

 

 

JAPAN'S EMPEROR

Definition

 

 

 

 

HIROHITO

Term

PEOPLE

 

 

 

HE BECAMSE BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTER IN 1940

Definition

 

 

 

 

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL

Term

PEOPLE

 

 

 

HE WAS THE LEADER OF VICHY FRANCE

Definition

 

 

 

HENRI PETAIN

Term

PEOPLE

 

 

 

HE WAS A FAMOUS FRENCH RESISTENCE FIGHTER

Definition

 

 

 

 

CHARLES DEGAULLE

Term

PEOPLE

 

 

HE SAID, "A DAY WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY."

Definition

 

 

 

 

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Term

PEOPLE

 

 

 

HE WAS THE GERMAN GENERAL FIGHTING IN NORTH AFRICA

Definition

 

 

 

ROMMEL

Term

PEOPLE

 

 

HE WAS THE BRITISH GENERAL FIGHTING IN NORTH AFRICA

Definition

 

 

 

 

MONTGOMERY

Term

PEOPLE

 

 

TWO AMERICAN GENERALS FIGHTING IN NORTH AFRICA

Definition

 

 

 

EISENHOWER

 

PATTON

Term

PEOPLE

 

 

HE WAS THE JAPANESE PREMIER

Definition

 

 

 

TOJO

Term

PEOPLE

 

 

THESE THREE MEN MET FOR THE YALTA CONFERENCE

Definition

 

 

CHURCHILL

 

STALIN

 

ROOSEVELT

Term

PEOPLE

 

 

 

HE WAS THE PHYSICIST WHO BUILT THE ATOMIC BOMB

Definition

 

 

 

 

ROBERT OPPENHEIMER

Term

PEOPLE

 

 

HE WAS THE PRESIDENT WHO MADE THE DECISION TO DROP THE ATOMIC BOMB

Definition

 

 

 

 

HARRY TRUMAN

Term

PEOPLE

 

 

HE WAS THE FAMOUS NAZI WAR CRIMINAL HUNTER

Definition

 

 

 

 

SIMON WISENTHAL

Term

PEOPLE

 

 

 

INFAMOUS NAZI WAR CRIMINALS

Definition

 

 

MENGELE

EICHMAN

GOERING

HESS

Term

MISC

 

 

WHAT PROGRAM DID AMERICA, FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN FOLLOW AS THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR WAS BEING FOUGHT

Definition

 

 

 

 

NON-INTERVENTION

Term

MISC

 

 

 

WHAT PROVINCE DID JAPAN INVADE IN 1931

Definition

 

 

 

MANCHURIA

Term

MISC

 

 

 

WHAT HAPPENED AT DUNKIRK IN THE SPRING OF 1940

Definition

 

 

 

EVACUATION OF 300,000 ALLIED SOLDIERS

Term

MISC

 

 

NAME THE TWO MEN WHO ISSUED THE ATLANTIC CHARTER

Definition

 

 

 

ROOSEVELT

 

CHURCHILL

Term

MISC

 

 

WHY DID AMERICA FREEZE JAPANESE ASSETS IN 1941

Definition

 

 

 

JAPAN INVADED INDO-CHINA

Term

MISC

 

 

 

HOW MANY DIED ON BOARD THE USS ARIZONA

Definition

 

 

 

1000

Term

MISC

 

 

 

WHAT WAS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEAD AT PEARL HARBOR

Definition

 

 

 

2400

Term

MISC

 

 

WHAT DID THE WAR PRODUCTION BOARD DO

Definition

 

 

 

HELPED FACTORIES MOVE FROM MAKING CONSUMER PRODUCTS TO WAR PRODUCTS

Term

MISC

 

 

 

WHO WERE THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN

Definition

 

 

 

AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIGHTER PILOTS

Term

MISC

 

 

 

WHO WERE THE MOST FAMOUS NATIVE AMERICANS IN WWII

Definition

 

 

 

 

NAVAJO CODE TALKERS

Term

MISC

 

 

NAME THE MOST FAMOUS WWII BATTLE IN NORTH AFRICA

Definition

 

 

 

EL ALAMEIN

Term

MISC

 

 

 

NAME THE TWO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES THAT WERE INVADED FROM NORTH AFRICA BY THE ALLIES

Definition

 

 

 

SICILY

 

ITALY

Term

MISC

 

 

 

WHAT WAS OPERATION BARBAROSA

Definition

 

 

 

 

GERMANY'S INVASION OF THE SOVIET UNION

Term

MISC

 

 

 

WHICH BATTLE WAS A MAJOR VICTORY FOR THE SOVIETS, AGAINST THE GERMANS

Definition

 

 

 

STALINGRAD

Term

MISC

 

 

 

WHAT WAS THE INVASION OF FRANCE, FROM GREAT BRITAIN, CALLED

Definition

 

 

 

OPERATION OVERLORD

Term

MISC

 

 

 

WHAT WAS THE LARGEST CAPITUALTION IN AMERICAN HISTORY

Definition

 

 

 

SURRENDER OF THE PHILIPPINES

Term

MISC

 

 

 

NAME FIVE FAMOUS PACIFIC BATTLES

Definition

 

CORAL SEA

MIDWAY

GUADALCANAL

IWO JIMA

OKINAWA

Term

MISC

 

 

WHAT WAS DECIDED AT THE YALTA AGREEMENT

Definition

 

 

 

GERMANY TO BE DIVIDED INTO 4 ZONES

BERLIN DIVIDED INTO 4 ZONES

CREATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Term

MISC

 

 

 

WHAT WAS AMERICA'S NEW AND VERY POWERFUL WEAPON

Definition

 

 

 

 

ATOMIC BOMB

Term

MISC

 

 

 

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE BOMBER THAT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB

Definition

 

 

 

ENOLA GAY

Term

MISC

 

 

 

NAME THE TWO JAPANESE CITIES THAT WERE HIT BY THE ATOMIC BOMB

Definition

 

 

 

HIROSHIMA

 

NAGASAKI

Term

MISC

 

 

 

CITY IN WHICH THE WAR CRIME TRIALS WERE HELD

Definition

 

 

 

 

NUREMBERG

Term

MISC

 

 

 

NAME THREE NAZI DEATH CAMPS

Definition

 

AUSCHWITZ

DACHAU

BELSEN

TREBLINKA

SOBIBOR

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