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History Chapter 25

World War II Terms

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appeasementgiving into an aggressor to keep peace.
nonaggression pactagreement between nations not to attack each other
bracerosmexican workers authorized to enter the U.S. during World WarII
zoot-suit riotsattack by U.S saliors against Mexican Americans in Los Angeles
internmentforced relocatoion and imprisonment of people
island-hoppingWWII strategy of of conquering only certain Pacific islands that were important to the Allied forces
kamikazeWWII tactic used by Japanese pilots of crashing planes filled with explosives into Allied ships
atomic bombnuclear weapon that produced an explostion by spliting atoms
genocidedilberate murder of an intire race
Blitzkriegfast-moving warfare used by German forces in Poland in 1939
Maginot Lineforced march of tens of thousands of American had Filipino pisinors
Atlantic Charterplegde signed by the U.S president and the British prime minister to have peace after WWII
D-Daydate of Allied invasion of france in World WarII
Bataan Death Marchfored march of ten of thousands of AMerican and FIlipino prisoners during WWII up the Bataan Peninsula to interment camps
Holocaustthe Nazis killing of some six million jews
Manhatten Projectsecret Allied project began in 1942 to develop an atomic bomb


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