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| Axis Powers | The group of nations--including Germany, Italy, and Japan--that opposed the Allies in World War II. |
| Lend-Lease Act | A law, enacted in 1941, that allwoed the United States to ship arms and other supplies, without immediate payment, to nations fighting the Axis powers. |
| Atlantic Charter | A 1941 declaration of principles in which the United States and Great Britain set forth their goals in opposing the Axis powers. |
| Allies | In World War II, the group of nations--including Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States--that opposed the Axis powers. |
| Hideki Tojo | A militant Japanese general elected prime minister who organized the attack on Pearl Harbor. |
| George Marshall | Army Chief of Staff General who in 1942 pushed for the formation of a Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC), in order to fulfill the military's manpower needs. |
| A. Philip Randolph | A leading African American labor leader who organized a march on Washington, July 1, 1941, in order to protest discrimination both in the military and in industry. |
| Nisei | A U.S. citizen born of immigration Japanese parents. |
| Office of Price Administration (OPA) | An agency established by Congress to control inflation during World War II. |
| War Production Board (WPB) | An agency established during World War II to coordinate the production of military supplies by U.S. industries. |
| Rationing | A restriction of people's right to buy unlimited amounts of particular foods and other goods, often implemented during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military. |
