The Second War Flashcards
Rationing
Restricting the amount of an item an individual can have due to a limited supply.
Convoy system
A system in which merchant ships travel with naval vessels for protection.
Hedgerow
An encloursure made of dirt walls built to fence in cattle and crops.
Fascism
A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and often racism.
Appeasement
giving in to the unjust demands of all belligerent leader in order to avoid war.
Lend- Lease act
Lending or leaasing stuff to other countries who are in need.
7-Dec-41
USA decalred war when japan attacked on Pearl Harbor at Hawaii.
Genocide
Mass extermination of an ethnic group.
concentration camps
A camp where people are detained or confined.
Neutrality
A policy of non involvment in wars or the affairs of other nations.
Rosie the Riveter
A fictional character that came to symbolize woomen in the workforce during ww2.
Harry S. Truman
Became president in 1945, wanted to drop atomic bombs on Japan to end ww2.
Sunbelt
A new industrial reigon in southern California and the Deep south, developing during ww2.
Navajo code talkers
Created a code based on the complex, unwritten Navajo language.
Island hopping
The visiting of many lands in succession, usually as part of a holiday.
Kamikaze
during WW2, a Japanese suicide pilot whose mission was to crash into his target.
The manhattan porject
Secret American program created to build atomic boms. Headed by General Leslie R Groves
D-Day
Day where Roosevelt wanted to invade france to force Germany to again fight the war on 2 fronts.
V-E Day
Short for “victory in Europe”. The day adolf Hitler commited Suicide.
V-J Day
The day Japan surrendered, which caused the long war to end.
