| A | B |
|---|
| Munich Pact | Britain and France allows Hitler to take land in Czeckoslovakia to hopefully avoid war. |
| appeasement | giving in to an enemy's demand in order to keep the peace. |
| The event that started WWII in Europe | Germany invaded Poland |
| Lend Lease Act | US gives Great Britain all types of aid without actually going to war |
| The event that brought the US into WWII | Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor |
| Rationing | The governments method to help conserve resources like food and fuel |
| internment camps | Camps where Japanese-Americans were held by the government due to suspicion and mistrust |
| Korematsu v. United States | Court case that said it was legal for the government to hold the Japanese-Americans in internment camps. |
| opportunities for women | working outside the home, taking over "men's" job, greater independence and confidence. |
| Tuskegee Airman | First all black air combat unit |
| Allies | USA, Great Britain, France, Russia, China |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Japan, Italy |
| D-Day | The US invasion of France to liberate it and push toward Germany |
| The Holocaust | Hitler's final solution about the Jewish population in Europe |
| leapfrogging | island hopping strategy to avoid well defended islands and instead take over less defended islands |
| Manhattan Project | The US project to develop an atomic bomb |
| Hiroshima and Nagasaki | The two towns in Japan that were hit with atomic bombs. |
| Double-V Campaign | The goal of African Americans who hoped to achieve freedom and equality overseas and at home. |
