1. World War Two Vocabulary
Learning Target: I can use key words and visuals to demonstrate my knowledge of vocabulary terms pertaining to World War Two.

2. League of Nations
Ineffective and weak association of nations to promote international cooperation and peace.
U.S. refused to join (isolationism).

3. Neutrality Acts
Prevented U.S. arms sales to nations at war.

4. Cash and Carry
Allowed warring nations to buy U.S. arms as long as they paid cash and transported the weapons on their own ships.
1939

5. Axis Powers Germany, Italy and Japan
Agreement to come to the defense of others if attacked.

6. Lend-Lease Act U.S. provided weapons/supplies to “any
country whose defense was vital to the U.S.”
1941

7. Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
Japanese attack on Hawaiian naval base, killed 2,403 Americans.
“a date which will live in infamy”

8. Manhattan Project Code name for U.S. development of an atomic bomb.
Albert Einstein

9. GI Bill of Rights Servicemen’s Readjustment Act
Financial aid and educational benefits for WWII veterans.

10. Rationing
Restricting people from buying certain foods and goods during wartime to ensure adequate supplies for the military.
Ex. Meat, sugar, coffee, rubber, plastic and gasoline

11. Internment Camps
110,000 Japanese Americans on the West Coast forced into confinement in “relocation centers” during WWII.

12. Korematsu v. U.S.
Japanese American internment camps did not violate people’s rights because restrictions were based on military necessity not race.

13. Yalta Conference
The Big Three- US (FDR), GB (Churchill), & USSR (Stalin).
February 1945 (Still at war with G & J)
Goal: Self-determination of war-torn countries after the war.

14. Potsdam Conference
The Big Three- US (Truman), GB (Churchill), & USSR (Stalin).
July 1945 (Still at war with Japan)
Goal: How to deal with Germany after their unconditional surrender.

15. United Nations International peacekeeping organization
Goal: promote peace, security and economic development.
Diplomacy not War