11-1
Fascism: extreme nationalism
Stalin: ussr dictator who killed many
Hitler: leader of nazi party killed many people
Mein Kampf: hitlers book called my struggle. It outlined his whole plan for total world domination.
Fascism: extreme nationalism
Stalin: ussr dictator who killed many
Hitler: leader of nazi party killed many people
Mein Kampf: hitlers book called my struggle. It outlined his whole plan for total world domination.
Isolationism: staying out of the war
Internationalism: involved in foregin affairs, was Roosevelt wanted
11-2
Anschluss: German takeover of Australia
Sudetenland: ugoslavia
Appeasement: giving in to hitler with things like Anschluss and Sudetenland
Nazi-Soviet Non aggression Pact
Blitzkrieg: lightning war
Dunkirk: major battle where allies lost- port on Coast of France
Battle of Britain: war of bombers and planes
11-3, and 11-4
Kristallnacht: night of the broken glass, start of the holocaust
Holocaust: 6 million Jews and 6 million other minorities were killed. Hitler wanted total power.
Concentration Camps/Extermination Camps
Pearl Harbor
12-1
Liberty Ships
Double V Campaign
12-2
Bataan: where American and Filipino forces surrendered to the Japanese on April 9, 1942. The prisoners had to March 65 miles to a prison camp, and the march was later known as the Bataan death march.
Doolittle raid: Doolittle was appointed to lead a raid on Tokyo, and he did so by loading 16 b-25s onto an aircraft carrier. This was the first time that a bomb fell on Japan, so it raised American morale and made the Japanese very angry.
Coral SeaCoral Sea: in march of 1942, Americans decoded a Japanese message about a Japanese attack on New Guinea. American sent two carriers that made the Japanese turn around, so Japan was not able to take over the American supply lines to Australia.
Midway: The U.S. intercepted Japan's plan to attack the Midway Islands. Because the U.S. was able to stop Japan in a surprise attack, Japan had to retreat and it was a victory for the U.S.
Erwin Rommel: Commander of the German forces in North America. He was a brilliant leader who had the nickname of "Desert Fox."
Kassarine Pass: Germans defeated the unprepared and outmatched Americans, who suffered 7000 casualities. This resulted Patton's promotion to general, because the old general was fired.
Convoy System: A system where cargo ships traveled in packs, and were escorted by Navy Warships. This helped protect the precious supplies that were being shipped over sea.
Stalingrad: Germany was convinced that if they captured Stalingrad, then they would be able to cut off Russia's resources and destroy their army and economy. Russia held their ground though, so the Germans were not able to capture the city.
12-3
Rosie the Riviter: a character from the popular song by the four vagabonds.she was a symbol of the government campaign that was trying to get more women hired to do jobs that the men at war used to do.
Zoot suit Riots: teens in California would wear zoot suits which were brightly colored suits, and then older people got very mad about it and told them that they couldn't wear the suits. 2500 servicemen went into a Latino neighbor hood and attacked because of zoot suits.
Detroit Riots: lots of people were moving to Detroit to try and find work, which caused a mass pile up of people. The riots started with a group of teen girls, and led to a whole city affair. It was mostly caused by racism.
Rationing:there were not enough supplies for everyone in the u.s. As well as all the solders. People were given rationing books to solve this problem, so that everyone could have the necessities, but more than that was not allowed to make sure that there was enough for people overseas.
Victory gardens: This was a way that people got around rationing, because they would just grow their own food. These gardens were a win win for everyone, because they were adding more food into circulation. 11-2
Anschluss: German takeover of Australia
Sudetenland: ugoslavia
Appeasement: giving in to hitler with things like Anschluss and Sudetenland
Nazi-Soviet Non aggression Pact
Blitzkrieg: lightning war
Dunkirk: major battle where allies lost- port on Coast of France
Battle of Britain: war of bombers and planes
11-3, and 11-4
Kristallnacht: night of the broken glass, start of the holocaust
Holocaust: 6 million Jews and 6 million other minorities were killed. Hitler wanted total power.
Concentration Camps/Extermination Camps
Pearl Harbor
12-1
Liberty Ships
Double V Campaign
12-2
Bataan: where American and Filipino forces surrendered to the Japanese on April 9, 1942. The prisoners had to March 65 miles to a prison camp, and the march was later known as the Bataan death march.
Doolittle raid: Doolittle was appointed to lead a raid on Tokyo, and he did so by loading 16 b-25s onto an aircraft carrier. This was the first time that a bomb fell on Japan, so it raised American morale and made the Japanese very angry.
Coral SeaCoral Sea: in march of 1942, Americans decoded a Japanese message about a Japanese attack on New Guinea. American sent two carriers that made the Japanese turn around, so Japan was not able to take over the American supply lines to Australia.
Midway: The U.S. intercepted Japan's plan to attack the Midway Islands. Because the U.S. was able to stop Japan in a surprise attack, Japan had to retreat and it was a victory for the U.S.
Erwin Rommel: Commander of the German forces in North America. He was a brilliant leader who had the nickname of "Desert Fox."
Kassarine Pass: Germans defeated the unprepared and outmatched Americans, who suffered 7000 casualities. This resulted Patton's promotion to general, because the old general was fired.
Convoy System: A system where cargo ships traveled in packs, and were escorted by Navy Warships. This helped protect the precious supplies that were being shipped over sea.
Stalingrad: Germany was convinced that if they captured Stalingrad, then they would be able to cut off Russia's resources and destroy their army and economy. Russia held their ground though, so the Germans were not able to capture the city.
12-3
Rosie the Riviter: a character from the popular song by the four vagabonds.she was a symbol of the government campaign that was trying to get more women hired to do jobs that the men at war used to do.
Zoot suit Riots: teens in California would wear zoot suits which were brightly colored suits, and then older people got very mad about it and told them that they couldn't wear the suits. 2500 servicemen went into a Latino neighbor hood and attacked because of zoot suits.
Detroit Riots: lots of people were moving to Detroit to try and find work, which caused a mass pile up of people. The riots started with a group of teen girls, and led to a whole city affair. It was mostly caused by racism.
Rationing:there were not enough supplies for everyone in the u.s. As well as all the solders. People were given rationing books to solve this problem, so that everyone could have the necessities, but more than that was not allowed to make sure that there was enough for people overseas.
12-4
Strategic bombing: the allies dropped boms on Germany in a strategic manor. They had dropped many tons of explosives on Germany every month for over 3 years. the bombing didn't compleatly destroy Germany, but it did mess up their oil production and railroad system.
Overlord: the allies tricked the Germans into thinking that they were going to attack pas-de-Calais, when they were really going to attack the beaches of Normandy. They did this by planting empty Tents and fake machinery as a decoy.
Island Hopping: going from one island to another, smashing and blasting. Eventually you get places to land huge planes. Island hopping was very helpful to the us troops because the islands became big ports for the next isnakd attack, over and over.
Guadalcanal: battle that was fought in the jungle. The Americans were unprepared for the environment and terrain, and so that was a big obstacle for the troops to overcome.
Kamikaze: Japan's final attempt, where people would fly their planes into American boats and such. This was a horrible but pretty effective tactic.
12-5
Battle of the Bulge: last major nazi offensive to destroy allies. Hitler wanted to cut off Allies supplies coming in through Belgium, but it didn't work and the Germans had to surrender. The allies had won.
Hiroshima: august 6, 1945, the us dropped the worlds first atomic bomb on the town of Hiroshima in Japan. The explosion killed 90% of the city, but thousands more died from radiation later.
Manhattan Project: the code name for the American project to build an atomic bomb.it was headed by general groves, and once they created a bomb they tested it in New Mexico.
Nuremberg Trials: the trails that were heald to bring nazi war criminals to justice. These were 13 trials that we're carried out charged nazis with crimes against peace and humanity.
UN: United Nations was a international political organization that was formed by Roosevelt to prevent another war. The UN would have a general assembly, where all member nations would get one vote.
UN: United Nations was a international political organization that was formed by Roosevelt to prevent another war. The UN would have a general assembly, where all member nations would get one vote.
Short Essays
Changing role for Women in the War: there were more jobs for women, especially in factory's,
Changing role for African Americans: in factories there were more jobs available, and blacks got equal pay as whites.
Pick a battle in EUROPE as a turning point, and explain why: Stalingrad- major defeat for the Germans.
Pick a battle in PACIFIC as a turning point, and explain why: midway- first Japanese defeat
Pros and Cons of bombing japan. p. 514. AND YOUR OPINION: pro- don't have to invade them, but showed that we are powerful. Cons- killed many civilians and we didn't necessarily have to do it.
Why was the US able to fight a war on 2 fronts: because we had so many factories, that we were able to produce a ton of supplies. America wasn't under attack either, so that helped, and we had many allies.
How did the end of WW1 lead to WW2: treaty of Versailles was a very flawed peace treaty, that was way too harsh on Germany. It made Germany want to get back at everyone else.
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