| A | B |
|---|
| Country - Germany, Dictator ? | Dictator - Hitler |
| Country - Italy, Dictator ? | Dictator - Mussolini |
| Country - Japan, Dictator ? | Dictator - Tojo |
| Country - Soviet Union, Dictator ? | Dictator - Stalin |
| Democracy | a government in which the people rul |
| Communism | a political & economic system in which the govt. owns everything |
| Fascism | a political idea in which power is given to a dictator. Freedoms taken away |
| Allied Powers | U.S., Great Britain, Soviet Union |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, Japan |
| U. S. President at start of WWII | Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) |
| Leader of Great Britain during WWII | Winston Churchill |
| Leader of Germany during WWII | Adolf Hitler |
| Leader of Soviet Union during WWII | Joseph Stalin |
| Leader of Japan during WWII | Hideki Tojo |
| Leader of Italy during WWII | Benito Mussolini |
| Causes of WWII | Massive inflation, unemployment, debt, depression (MUDD) |
| July - October, 1940 | Battle of Britain |
| Immediate cause of WWII | Invasion of Poland on Sept. 1, 1939 |
| Lend - lease act | U.S. gave supplies to Great Britain in exchg. for naval bases in Caribbean |
| December 7, 1941 | Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
| Executive Order 9066 | Sent Japanese Americans to internment camps |
| Turning pt. of war in the Pacific | Battle of Midway - June, 1942 |
| Turning pt. of war in eastern Europe | Battle of Stalingrad - Jan., 1943 |
| D-day | Allied invasion of Normandy, France June 6, 1944 |
| Atomic bombs dropped on Japan | Aug. 6 & 9 1945 - cities of Hiroshima & Nagasaki |
| VE Day | May 8, 1945 |
| VJ Day | Aug. 14, 1945 |
| Rosie the Riveter | symbol representing Amer. women who worked in defense factories during WWII |
| Rationing | Saving & conserving items needed for soldiers |
| Tuskeegee airmen | African American fighter pilots during WWII |
| Racial barriers | temporarily broke down during WWII |
| After FDR died | Harry Truman became president |
| Holocaust | Hitler's attempt to rid Europe of all Jewish people |
| Anti-semitism | hatred of Jewish people |
| Aryan supremacy | Hitler's idea of a master race to dominate the world |
| Concentration camp | a prison camp |
