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Chapter 25 Note cards
Chapter 25 Note Cards
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History
12th Grade
12/02/2011

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USSR
Definition
The Soviet Union
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Adolf Hitler
Definition
Chancellor of Germany during WWII
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Benito Mussolini
Definition
Italian politician that formed the National Fascist Party during WWII
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Munich Conference
Definition
Conference that gave Hitler the Sudetenland and part of Czechoslovakia.
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World War II
Definition
Second world war between the Axis and Allied powers.
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Albert Einstein
Definition
German born physicist who warned Roosevelt about a super bomb that Hitler was making.
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Manhattan Project
Definition
Project to secretly make an atomic bomb.
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blitzkrieg
Definition
An all motorized military force.
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Maginot Line
Definition
A fighting style of war made of a line of concrete fortifications.
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Pearl Harbor
Definition
Located in Hawaii where Japan performed their first direct attack on the United States and what lead the U.S to join in on WWII.
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War Productions Board
Definition
Let business make money, but changed what they made.
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Office of Price Administration
Definition
Regulated prices and set rations of products.
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Revenue Act
Definition
Raised taxes and started selling war bonds.
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internment camps
Definition
Camps created for Japanese-Americans during WWII where it was more like prison.
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Zoot Suit Riots
Definition
A series of race riots in the Southwest against Mexican Americans.
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Good-bye Babies
Definition
A small scale baby boom that was caused by men going to war.
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Rosie the Riveter
Definition
Symbol for women during WWII that expressed women working in factories and taking place of men while they were fighting the war.
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Churchill
Definition
Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII.
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Stalin
Definition
Premier of the Soviet Union during WWII.
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D-Day
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The largest amphibious attack. It consisted of the invasion of Normandy.
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