| A | B |
|---|
| Allies | WWII countries that fought with USA and Great Brtiain |
| Axis | WWII countries that fought with Germany, Italy, Japan |
| Holocaust | genocide(killing) committed against the Jewish people by Nazis |
| anti-Semitism | discrimination against Jewish people |
| genocide | wiping out an entire racial or cultural group |
| ghetto | restricted area of European cities that kept Jews separated from others |
| Kristallnacht | "night of broken glass", gangs of Nazis destroyed property of Jews |
| strategy | a plan of action |
| turning point | an event at which a significant event occurs |
| surrender | to officially accept defeat; give up |
| mobilization | operation or movement of resources for a war effort |
| draftee | those who are taken into military service; not volunteer |
| ration | to give out on limited basis |
| inflation | increasing prices when there is more money available than goods to buy |
| cost of living | amount of money necessary to live at a standard level |
| internment | relocation of Japanese Americans to camps in the United States |
| German | These troops marched into Poland in 1939 to start WWII |
| Attack of Pearl Harbor | December 7, 1941 |
| Japanese | Whose aircraft bombed U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor? |
| President Roosevelt's Quote | "Yesterday, December 7, 1941- a date which will live in infamy..." |
| Hitler | Chose to ignore agreement and invaded Soviet Union |
| D-Day | This invasion of France was the final push to defeat Germany; June 6, 1944 |
| V-E Day | Germany surrenders; "Victory in Europe" |
| "Final Solution" | Germany's goal to r get rid of Jews, Slavs, Gypsies, those wt mental illness/disabilities |
| 12 million | Approximate number of people killed in the Holocaust |
| Jews | Largest group killed in the Holocaust (6 million) |
| Regain control of certain islands | First goal of U.S. in Pacific theater |
| General MacArthur | leader of land forces in the Pacific |
| Admiral Nimitz | Leader of navy forces in the Pacific |
| Destroy Japanese fleet | Second goal of US in the Pacific theater |
| Harry Truman | Became president when Roosevelt died suddenly |
| Manhattan Project | Secret group that worked to develop an atomic bomb |
| Hiroshima/Nagasaki | Destroyed by first two atomic bombs ever used in war |
| Navajo language | Used to create secret code that Japanese never broke |
| War Production Board | Job was to oversee the making of war goods. |
| Office of Price Administration | Job was to set prices on goods to keep inflation down. |
| Japanese Americans | Many were forced into interment camps during WW II |
