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totalitarianism

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government ran by a dictator

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dictator

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ruler that has total power and full control of the country

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fascism

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government that revolves around extreme nationalism

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communism

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government with no class structure

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why did totalitarianism occur?

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citizens felt hopeless and were ready for change

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how did totalitarians gain support?

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they would rally citizens and gain support by using extreme nationalism

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how did totalitarians remain in power?

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used secret police to suppress rivals, had full control the economy, rigged elections, press was controlled, used propaganda to make the leader look good,fear tactics

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Quarantine Speech

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made by FDR, expressed how Americans should be more non interventionalists

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Four Freedom Speech

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made by FDR, U.S. began supporting the Allied powers even though we were not in the war yet

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The Atlantic Charter

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the U.S. and Britain’s vision for the postwar world

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main points of The Atlantic Charter?

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  1. nation’s right to chose it’s own government, 2. the easing of trade restrictions, 3. postwar peace
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The Lend-Lease Act

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U.S. would lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed “vital to the defense of the U.S.”

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Pearl Harbor

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U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii where Japanese fighters dropped bombs; the day after FDR asked Congress to declare war on Japan

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why was Pearl Harbor chosen?

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was not expecting an attack so close to home, facilities were undefended, all planes were in the same area, it was an easy target

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Winston Churchill

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prime minister of the UK

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Stalin

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dictator of the Soviet Union

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FDR

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president of the U.S.

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Hitler

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leader of Germany

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Tojo

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prime minister of Japan

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Mussolini

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primer minister of Italy

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Harry Truman

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vice president when Pearl Harbor was attacked, responsible for dropping the bomb on Japan

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George C. Marshall

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army chief of staff

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Dwight Eisenhower

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in charge of the plans for the invasion of Europe

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Douglas Macarthur

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in charge of the troops against Japan

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Battle of Midway
turning point in the war, U.S. could start island hopping
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island hopping
capture certain key islands until Japan was within range of American bombers
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Iwo Jima
part of island hopping strategy, has 3 airfields that could serve as a staging facility for a potential invasion of mainland Japan
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Okinawa
last major battle with Japan before the atomic bomb was dropped
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D-Day
Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy (invasion of France), U.S., British, and Canadian troops
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Battle of the Bulge
surprise attack by Germany
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Tuskegee Airmen
unit of African Americans piolets
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442nd Regimental Combat Team
unit of Japanese Americans that fought in Europe
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101st Airborne
paratroopers in WW2
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Navajo Code Talkers
Native Americans of the Navajo Nation served as code talkers, translated messages into coded version of the Navajo language
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women in the work force
took jobs that men left to go fight in the war, women made ammo, weapons, etc.
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Rosie the Riveter
propaganda used by the government to get women to enter the work force
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Aviation Corporation (AVCO)
employers of women in NAshville, TN, produced aircrafts
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Women in the armed forces
women worked as nurses, droke trucks, repaired planes, etc
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Cornelia Fort
a Nashville native, member of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, took new planes from factories to military bases
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Japanese Internment
FDR signed order 9066 that gave the army power to establish military zoneswith camps for Japanese Americans
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Internment Camp conditions
could only bring what they could carry to the camps, had to leave or sell their homes, businesses, unable to work to pay off loans, lived in tight living quarters
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Korematsu v. U.S.
FBI arrested them for failure to report to a relocation center, ruled the case that it was a "military necessity" and not based on race
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Holocaust
genocide of about 6 million Jews by the Nazis
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rationing
system where food would be distributed more fairly
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Bond drives
citizens would give loans to the government; financed the war cost
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movement to cities
because was so heavily needed and jobs were available in cities, people migrated to cities for these jobs
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Bracero Program
was created because many farmers argued that ww2 would bring labor shortages to low paying ag jobs
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Mexican Farm Labor Program
use of Mexican agricultural labor on the U.S. farms, kept ag production going in American
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conversion of factories for wartime production
set the tone for the country about how we were going to go hard on producing good
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where were prisoner of war camps for Nazis located in TN?
Camp Forest, Campbell, Tyson, and Crossville
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Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC)
to help prevent discrimination against African Americans
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Integration of Armed Forces
Truman abolished segregation in the armed forces
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Little Boy
1st bombed dropped, more damage, Hiroshima
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Fat Man
2nd bomb dropped, less damage, Nagasaki
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Truman Speech
explains how big the bombs impact had
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Yalta Conference
goal was to reach an agreement on what to do with Germany, the Big 3 divided Germany into 4 parts
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What parts of Germany were occupied by who?
Soviet Union occupied the Eastern half, U.S., Britain, and France occupied the Western half
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Potsdam Conference
Growing concern in American about the spread of Communism, Truman hoped that Stalin would keep the free elections, but he did not
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United Nations
was meant to encourage cooperation among nations and to prevent future wars
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Cordell Hull
promoted the creation of the United Nations

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