history chapter 27 vocab & people Flashcards
what does Rationed mean?
a limited amount
what is the Manhattan project
FDR organized a committee of scientists to build atomic bomb
what is fascism?
a gov. Headed by a dictator calling for extreme nationalism and racism, popular
what are Kamikazes?
suicide pilots to crash into U.S. ships
what is island hopping?
attacking and capturing certain key islands to leapfrog others getting closer to the Philippines and Japan
what is the Bataan Death March?
forcing 60,000-80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war to march through the Philippines.
what are Concentration camps?
camps where Jewish people were held by the Nazis
what is Genocide?
deliberate destruction of an entire group of people
what does it mean to Siege?
military blockade of Leningrad
what is Operation Overlord?
invasion of occupied Europe
what are Internment camps?
most located in desert, crowded, uncomfortable
what is the Bracero program?
was a series of laws and diplomatic agreements, initiated on August 4, 1942, when the United States signed the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement with Mexico
what is Civil defense?
protective measures in case of attack
what is Mobilization?
preparing for war
what is Disarmament?
giving up military weapons & permanent system to keep the peace