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Name:_________________________________________________________ Test Date:_______________________ Period:_______________________ World War II America: History of our Nation – Chapter 24 Section 1 Joseph Stalin a system in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single political party Benito Mussolini a system based on militarism, extreme nationalism, and blind loyalty to the state and its leader Adolf Hitler National Socialist German Workers' Party: the political party founded in Germany in 1919 and brought to power by Hitler in 1933 Anti-Semitism a policy of giving in to aggression to avoid war Neutrality Act America: History of our Nation – Chapter 24 Section 2 Lend-Lease Act African-American pilots who fought in World War II. Formally, they formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces. US policy of not getting involved in WWII prior to Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor Axis Powers Allied Powers Japanese forced American and Filipino prisoners were forced to walk 65+ miles to a prison camp. Many died along the way. A naval and air battle fought in World War II in which planes from American aircraft carriers blunted the Japanese naval threat in the Pacific Ocean after Pearl Harbor Douglas MacArthur Dwight Eisenhower British statesman and leader during World War II America: History of our Nation – Chapter 24 Section 3 Role of Women in WWII Limiting the amount of scarce goods people can buy. Examples of rationed item: a cultural icon of the United States, representing the American women who worked in factories during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. GI Bill Victory Gardens War Bonds War relocation camps of over 110,000 people of Japanese heritage who lived on the Pacific coast of the United States. The U.S. government ordered the internment in 1942, shortly after Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. A. Phillip Randolph Braceros Used obscure languages as a means of secret communication. United States soldiers during the WWII who used their knowledge of Native-American languages as a basis to transmit coded messages. America: History of our Nation – Chapter 24 Section 4 June 6, 1944 - on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. Germany’s strategy of “Lightning war.” an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory Battle of the Bulge off North Carolina, is one of the graveyards of the Atlantic Ocean, named for the high number of attacks on Allied shipping by German U-boats in World War II V-E Day American forces would capture some Japanese-held islands and go around others. Kamikaze A naval and air battle fought in World War II in which planes from American aircraft carriers blunted the Japanese naval threat in the Pacific Ocean after Pearl Harbor. a research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. The Atomic Bomb port city on the southwestern coast of Japan; on August 6, 1945 was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb. Nagasaki Unconditional surrender Genocide Nazi genocide of European Jews in World War II War crimes Yalta Conference a series of military tribunals, held by the Allied forces of World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany. a conference held in Potsdam in the summer of 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill drew up plans for the administration of Germany and Poland after World War II ended