| A | B |
|---|
| Buying on the Margin | buying on credit. |
| Schlieffen Plan | German War Plan |
| British Liberals | Group that opposed Britain entering World War I. |
| Clergy | Member of the Church |
| Attack on Pearl Harbor | Event that brought America into World War II. |
| Navajo Code Talkers | transmitting secret messages to U.S. forces during combat |
| Conservative | Usually these types of people like to own their property. |
| Liberal | Usually these types of people like to share their property. |
| dictator | a leader who rules with total authority |
| rationing | to give out scarce items on a limited basis |
| fascism | a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition |
| island hopping | A strategy used during WWII that called for attacking and capturing certain key islands and using these islands as bases to leapfrog to others. |
| Roosevelt | President of the United States at the onset of World War II |
| Churchill | The prime minister who gave inspirational speeches to the British during the Battle of Britain. |
| Truman | This man became president after Roosevelt died. |
| Eisenhower | He led the troops during the invasion of Normandy (D-Day) |
| Poland | The country Hitler invaded that caused Britain and France to declare war |
| Sudetenland | The area that Hitler tried to take over which led to the Munich ConferenceBattle of Britain. |
| D-Day | This invasion involved landing on a beach in France and may be considered one of the most important events in Europe during World War II. |
| China | The Japanese wanted to invade this country to create a powerful Southeast Asian empire. |
| Legislative | This branch of government makes the laws |
| Executive | This branch of government enforces the laws |
| Judicial | This branch of government decides whether laws are constitutional |
| Barack Obama | Current President of the United States |
| Joseph Biden | Current Vice President of the United States |
| Hillary Clinton | Current Secretary of State for the United States |
| Leon Panetta | Current Secretary of Defense for the United States |
| Jerry Brown | Current Governor of California |
| Antonio Villaraigosa | Mayor of Los Angeles |
| John Deasy | Superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District |
