WW2 Keyterms

Allies - Allies of the United states that included england and the Soviet Union.

Axis - Germany's allies that included Japan and Italy

Defense spending - Amount of money the government spends on the military

Unemployment rate - % of people unemployed

Federal outlay - Amount of money the federal government uses to buy stuff

Rattlesnakes of the Atlantic - German U-Boats

German U-Boats - German Submarines

Isolationalists - Policy of, "Mind your own business"

Appease - To give into demands

Land Lease Act - Law that allowed POTUS to sell weapons to our allies/friends.

Office of Price Administration - Prevention of war time inflation

Inflation - When prices of goods increase while income stays the same

Franklin D. Roosevelt - 32nd U.S. President
President Harry S. Truman - 29th U.S. President
Phillip Randolph - a Civil Rights Leader
Gen Patton - George S. Patton, commander of the 3rd U.S. Army
Gen Macarthur - A general in WW2 General Douglas Macarthur
Gen Eisenhower - 34th President of the U.S.
Adolf Hitler - Leader of Germany
Benito Mussolini - Dictator of Italy
Joseph Stalin - Leader of Russia
Winston Churchill - Prime minister of U.K.

Battle of the Bulge - Last stand for Germany in the War

D-Day - invasion of Normandy, France June 6th, 1944

Auschwitz - Nazi Camp

Atomic Bomb - Nuclear bomb dropped on Japan to end the war

Interment - Camps on Westcoast to detain Japanese-Americans

Income tax - % of tax paid on personal income

Wage and Price Controls - Measures taken by the government under income policy

War Bonds - Debt Securities issued by the government for financing in military ops in the war

WAACs - Members of the Womens Army Auxillary Corps

WW2 Battle of the Pacific - a series of battles in WW2 in the Pacific

GI Bill of Rights - Bill passed for WW2 veterans that provided many benefits

Zoot-Suit Riots - A series of riots that broke out in central L.A. between Marines and white sailors.

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