| A | B |
|---|
| Adolf Hitler | Nationalist Socialist Leader |
| appeasement | giving aggressors what they want |
| Communist | Italians blamed them for their problems |
| blitzkrieg | lightning war |
| totalitarian | ruler establishes state of total control |
| enemy aliens | people who are not U.S. citizens |
| OCD | Office of Civilian Defense |
| WPB | War Production Board |
| rationing | distributing supplies fairly |
| Hiroshima | city of 1st atomic bomb attack |
| Fascism | Dictator & supporters seek more power for nation at others' expense |
| Benito Mussolini | Dictator in Italy |
| taxes, borrowed money, war bonds | How the government raised money for war. |
| refrigerators, bikes, toothpaste tubes | Items banned from production. |
| Jewish People | Germans blamed for their problems. |
| Expanded into the Pacific | How Japan compensated for their population problem. |
| 900,000 | # of enemy aliens in U.S. |
| General Douglas Macarthur | Who led the forces against the Japanese? |
| proximity fuse, radar, sonar, rocket launcher | new weapons developed during the war |
| goods were becoming scarce | Why did consumer prices soar? |
| sugar, coffee, gas, fuel oil | items rationed during the war |
| Ration coupon books used by families | How did rationing work? |
| protect citizens in case of an attack | OCD's job |
| August 6, 1945 | date of first atomic bomb |
| August 9, 1945 | date of second atomic bomb |
| Nagasaki | city of 2nd atomic bomb attack |
| Manhattan Project | Atomic Bomb Nickname |
| Enola Gay | Bomber that dropped the atomic bomb |
| Iwo Jima and Okinawa | two most costly battles |
| WAAC and WAVE | two military groups women could join |
| Harry S. Truman | President who authorized the atomic bomb. |
| May 8, 1945 | VE Day |
| June 6, 1944 | D-Day |
| August 14, 1945 | Japan unconditionally surrendered. |
