| A | B |
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| V-J Day (Victory in Japan) | The use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki brought about |
| D-Day | General Dwight D. Eisenhower was commander of Operation Overlord which would prove to be a turning point in the war in Europe |
| Island Hopping | a strategy used by the United States to defeat Japan in the Pacific |
| Fort Ontario | Local fort that served as a refugee center for European Jews during WWII |
| Navajo Indians | group who helped the United States by using their native language as code |
| Rosie the Riveter | a wartime symbol of the growing role of women in factories |
| rationing | using less of something needed for the military |
| Japanese Americans | group living on the West Coast relocated to detention centers because they were seen as a security threat |
| Holocaust | Genocide of 6 million Jews |
| Lend-Lease Act | United States provided Britain with weapons to fight the Axis powers |
| arsenal of democracy | The United States provided much of the weaponry needed to fight the Axis powers |
| Pearl Harbor | US Naval base attacked by Japan bringing US into WWII |
| Manhattan Project | Top Secret work on the development of an atomic bomb by the US government |
| Tuskegee Airmen | black combat aviators/pilots |
