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WWII Study Set pt 2 Flashcards

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GI Bill of Rights

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Legislation that provided education and job training for veterans through the government

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James Farmer

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Founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to confront urban segregation in the North

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Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

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Organization founded by James Farmer to confront urban segregation in the North

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Internment

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Confinement of people of Japanese-Americans on the West Coast

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Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)

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Group that pushed for compensation of Japanese-Americans for those sent to the camps

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totalitarian

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a form of government in which one person or a single political party holds absolute contro

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fascism

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political philosophy that advocates a strong nationalistic dictatorship

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appeasement

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making concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid conflict

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blitzkrieg

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“Lighting war”, type of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939

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Holocaust

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the mass murder of 6 million Jews by Germany’s Nazi regime during World War II

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genocide

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The systematic killing of an entire people

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concentration camp

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Camps used by the Nazis to imprison “undesirable” members of society

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Axis Powers

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Alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II.

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Lend Lease Act

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The laws passed by the U.S. allowing us to give aid to our Allies in early WWII

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Allies

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Great Britain, France, Russia, and the United States

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Joseph Stalin

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The leader of the Soviet Union during WWII and the early Cold War

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Benito Mussolini

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Fascist dictator of Italy

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Adolf Hitler

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Dictator of Germany during World War II

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Winston Churchill

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Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII

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Hidecki Tojo

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General of imperial Japanese army and prime minister of Japan during World War II

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