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| isolationism | the neutral policy the U.S. used after our involvement in World War I; policy of non-involvement |
| Neutrality Acts | a series of actions taken by Congress and President FDR to avoid entrance into World War II |
| Lend-Lease Act | The United States began to loan money to nations (Allies) deemed essential to the safety of democracy |
| "Cash & Carry" policy | a part of the Neutrality Acts that allowed Allied nations to purchase war materials from the United States, but had to pick up on own so we did not risk involvement in the war |
| Pearl Harbor | December 7th, 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii forcing the U.S. to declare war against Japan and soon after Germany |
| Manhattan Project | the code name for the building of the atomic bombs that would end the war in the Pacific; dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| Holocaust | the extermination of over 6 million Jews, gypsies, Poles to assist Hitler in achieving the superior race |
| Nuremberg Trials | The war crimes trials held after WWII in Germany |
| "Rosie the Riveter" | the nickname given to American women who join the work effort in the factories to produce war materials while the men were at war |
| Rationing | a tactic used by Americans to conserve resources during the war (ration stamps on sugar and gas) |
| War Bonds | Americans helped finance the war by buying war bonds |
| Japanese-American internment | The U.S. gov't forced Japanese-Americans to be relocated due to fear of disloyalty during the war against Japan |
| Korematsu v. U.S. | Fred Korematsu was deemed "suspect classification" because he was of Japanese decent; the Supreme Court support Japanese relocation during the war; wartime limits |
| GI Bill of Rights | a pension given to veterans to help them become a part of American society again; GO TO COLLEGE!! |
| United Nations | the peace-keeping organization created after WWII in an effort to keep war from breaking out in the futre; Declaration of Human Rights |
