1. World War II Vocab

2. Treaty of Versailles
1919 peace treaty that ended WWI which established new nations, borders, and reparations

3. League of Natoins
An association of nations established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace

4. Communism
An economic and political system based on one party government and state ownership of property.

5. Joseph Stalin
Leader of the Soviet Union during World War II

6. Totalitarianism
Political system in which the state or government has total control over the lives of citizens

7. Benito Mussolini
Leader of fascist Italy during World War II

8. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Leader of the US during World War II

9. Adolf Hitler
Leader of Nazi Germany during World War II

10. Third Reich
Hitler used nationalism and anti-Semitism to establish a new totalitarian government where he was dictator – called the Third Reich

11. Nationalism
Devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation

12. Anti-Semitism
Hatred and prejudice towards to Jews

13. Appeasement
The granting of concessions to a hostile power in order to keep the peace

14. Axis Powers
Germany
Japan
Italy

15. WWII Dates

16. Winston Churchill
Prime Minister for Great Britain during WWII

17. Allied Powers
Great Britain
France US
Soviet Union

18. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Commanding General of victorious allies during WWII
President of the US –

19. The Holocaust
The systematic murder-or genocide- of Jews and other groups of people by the Nazis before and after World War II.

20. Battle of Midway
A World War II battle that took place in early The Allies decimated the Japanese fleet at Midway, an island lying northeast of Hawaii. The Allies took the offensive in the Pacific and began to move closer to Japan.

21. Battle of the Bulge
A month long battle of WWII, in which the Allies succeeded in turning back the last major German offensive of the war.

22. Manhattan Project
The US program to develop an atomic bomb for use in World War II

23. Harry Truman
US President from
Dropped atomic bombs on Japan

24. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Japanese cities that the US dropped atomic bombs on

25. V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day
May 8, 1945

26. V-J Day
Victory over Japan Day
August 14, 1945

27. Rationing
A restriction of people’s right to buy unlimited amounts of particular foods and other goods, often implemented during wartime to ensure adequate supplies for the military.

28. Victory Gardens
People grew their own food so more could be sent to the men overseas.

29. GI Bill
A name given to the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, a 1944 law that provided financial and educational benefits for WWII veterans.

30. Baby Boom
The sharp increase in the US birthrate following World War II

31. Fort Campbell Constructed in 1942 TN/Kentucky
Trained thousands of young men for WWII

32. Cordell Hull From TN Pres. FDR’s Sec. of State
Helped with foreign policy
“Father of the United Nations” – Nobel Peace Prize

33. ALCOA
Aluminum Company of America
Produced needed aluminum

34. Rosie the Riveter
Became the symbol of those women who entered the work foce to fill the gap left vacant by men serving in the war

35. Oak Ridge, TN
Secret city created to work on the Manhattan Project

36. Northern Migration
Over 2 mil African Americans made their way from the South to the cities of the North