USH Review - Unit 8 - World War II

Fascism

• Fuhrer, or dictator, of Germany. First elected as chancellor, Hitler later became a dictator with absolute power.
• An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.
• A 1948 statement in which the United Nations declared that all human beings have rights to life, liberty, and security.
• Extreme nationalism and patriotism; military is supreme; punishments are severe; specific groups are blamed for society's problems

Adolf Hitler

• Surprise military attack by Japan against the United States. Occurred at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7th, 1941.
• Fuhrer, or dictator, of Germany. First elected as chancellor, Hitler later became a dictator with absolute power.
• An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.
• A 1948 statement in which the United Nations declared that all human beings have rights to life, liberty, and security.

Nazis

• France, England, and Russia. The U.S. joined in December 1941.
• The political party of Hitler known for their extreme fascism and racism
• Fuhrer, or dictator, of Germany. First elected as chancellor, Hitler later became a dictator with absolute power.
• A 1948 statement in which the United Nations declared that all human beings have rights to life, liberty, and security.

Axis Powers

• Surprise military attack by Japan against the United States. Occurred at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7th, 1941.
• An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.
• People invested money with the government in order to help pay for the war effort. The gov't had to pay back the money, plus interest, after the war.
• Germany, Italy, and Japan.

Appeasement

• Messages used to create support for the war
• Limiting the amount of something that a person can buy
• The practice of giving in to aggression in order to prevent a war.
• Extreme nationalism and patriotism; military is supreme; punishments are severe; specific groups are blamed for society's problems

Allied Powers

• France, England, and Russia. The U.S. joined in December 1941.
• People invested money with the government in order to help pay for the war effort. The gov't had to pay back the money, plus interest, after the war.
• Messages used to create support for the war
• A 1948 statement in which the United Nations declared that all human beings have rights to life, liberty, and security.

Pearl Harbor

• wife to FDR. most active first lady in history. powerfully influenced the politics of the national gov't battling for the impoverished and oppressed.
• The US and Allies invaded Normandy, France. With this invasion, the Allies began to take back France which had been captured by Germany.
• Cards used to distribute rations
• Surprise military attack by Japan against the United States. Occurred at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7th, 1941.

Internment Camps

• France, England, and Russia. The U.S. joined in December 1941.
• camp that was like a prison. The U.S. forced Japanese-Americans to live in internment camps during the war.
• An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.
• Germany, Italy, and Japan.

D-Day

• The US and Allies invaded Normandy, France. With this invasion, the Allies began to take back France which had been captured by Germany.
• An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.
• a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed
• Powerful, nuclear weapon

Holocaust

• A 1948 statement in which the United Nations declared that all human beings have rights to life, liberty, and security.
• 332 Fighter Group famous for shooting down over 200 enemy planes. African American pilots who trained at the Tuskegee flying school.
• when millions of Jewish men, women, and children died from being in concentration camps.
• France, England, and Russia. The U.S. joined in December 1941.