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WWII
World war I test prep
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History
9th Grade
04/17/2008

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president roosevelt died
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april 12th
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russians invade berlin
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april 13th
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hitler commits suicide
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april 30th
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2 things hitler did not like about the treaty of versilles
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1. blammed him for the war
2. wouldnt let him build up his army
3. he had to pay for damages
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WPB
Definition
War Production Board, responsible for the change of factories from comericial products to military production, set goals
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Guadalcanal
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1942/1943 island hopping, US vs. Japan, US victory island of rabaul
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D-day aka operation overlord
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largest land/sea invasion June 6th
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Iwo Jima
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raising of the flag
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black shirts
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italy
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brown shirts
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germany
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fat man/little boy
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the two nuclear bombs that were dropped on japan, shortly after they were dropped japan surendered
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Rising of japan?
Definition
Japan was imperialistic and wanted to take control. They were also very military based
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Baton death march
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on philippeans island
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Japanesse internment
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when inocent japanesse americans were imprission because there was a threat that they might be spies
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tuskegee airmen
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african american fly boys durring WWII learned to fly in tuskegee. the most decorated
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authoritatian
Definition
when some rights are reserved for the people, dictatorship
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totalitarian
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when a dictator takes total control
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non-agression treaty
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between Russia and Germany, stated that they would not fight each other and would secretly split poland
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munich pact
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between england and germany said that germany could keep any land they had but that they could not take any more
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midway island
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this island was midway between japan and the united states
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OCD
Definition
office of civilian defense, "give an hour a day for teh usa"
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propaganda aimed at woman
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rosie the riviteer
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Maginot line
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the french fortification line that was meant to keep the germans out, they just went around
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krystallnacht
Definition
the night when agression against jewish people started manyjewish shops and synogauges were burnt down. many men were taken hostage
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lend lease act
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the pact between the united states and england (later with russia too) we would lend them anything they need to fight the war
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scorched earth tactic
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a deffense act that involves burning all products that could be used by the enemy
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traditional
Definition
the japanese culture was like this in the 1930's
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facism
Definition
nationalism on steriods
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embargo
Definition
this motivated the japanesseto bomb pearl harbor
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good neighbor
Definition
it siad we would not get involved in any other countries afairs
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nazi
Definition
political party that supposrted hitler and was run by him, against jewish people
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final solution
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genocide
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genocide
Definition
the mass murder of any group of people based or race, religion, apearence, or nationality
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pearl harbor
Definition
japan dropped a bom on pearl harbor which got us involved in the war, dec 7th 1941
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