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Anti-Semitism
Prejudice against Jews. It was important because its one of the main justifications for World War II and for the Holocaust -
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Propanganda
Ideas that spread a bias opinion to the public to persuade. It was important because it helped persuade people into very important events and time spans in history -
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Capitalism
An economic system based on private property and free enterprise. This was important because it was the opposed by the people who supported communism and caused the cold war. -
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Communism
A system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state. This was important because it was opposed by the people who supported capitalism and caused the cold war -
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Civil Liberties
Constitutional freedoms guaranteed to all citizens. This was important because it gave citizens opportunity. -
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Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII. He was important because he led Britain through World War II and refused to give into Hitler. -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the US during the Great Depression and World War II. He was important because he led the United States out of different crisis' -
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Adolf Hitler
German Nazi dictator during World War II. He was important because he led Germany during World War II and because he led the slaughtering of Jews for the Holocaust. -
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Charles Lindbergh
An American pilot who made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. -
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Joseph McCarthy
A republican senator that accused many prominent figures of being communists He was important because he caused many people to go into conformity and many people to lose their jobs and reputations -
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The Red Scare
A period of general fear of communists. This was important because it led to people going into conformity -
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John F. Kennedy
The president of the United States from 1961 to 1963. He was one of the most beloved presidents and promoted peace and progress. -
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The Nazi Party
The political party brought to power by Hitler. This was important because the party allowed for society to be drawn to Hitlers cause -
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Betty Friedman
She was the author of "Feminine Mystique." The book expressed the discontent that many women were feeling. She was important because she helped to unite a number of women throughout the nation. -
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Conformity
Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard. It was important because it was used during the time of development due to fear of being suspicious -
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Mass Consumerism
The spread of deep interest in acquiring material goods and services below elite levels, along with a growing economic capacity to afford some of these goods. This was important because it helped the development of the United States and with conformity. -
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Isolationsim
A national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs. This was important because it was a decision of the United States that worked at first but still caused them to get involved with ww2 -
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Concentration Camps
Prison camps that was used to torture or starve or even kill people. They were important because it showed people how Jews and others were treated when they were put in these camps -
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Third Reich
The Third Republic of Germany which began Hitler's rule in 1933 and ended with his defeat in 1945. This was important because was the time Hitler rose to power -
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Appeasement
Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict. This was important because it helped Germany take more power by the other countries submitting to Hitlers needs to avoid war. -
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HUAC
House Un-American Activities Committee. it was important because it accused people of being communists and "blacklisted" them. -
The St. Louis
During World War II the St. Louis was a German ocean liner carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany intending to escape the Holocaust to Cuba. However they were denied permission to land. This was important because it showed how even if Jews were suffering, people didn't really care because no one wanted to take them in. -
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Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
A doctrine of military strategy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two opposing sides would effectively result in the destruction of both the attacker and the defender. This was important because the use of nuclear weapons were beginning to be thought of so this showed how nuclear weapons would affect countries badly -
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McCarthyism
The act of accusing people of disloyalty and communism. This was important because it affected the lives of many people that were accused -
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The Holocaust
The Nazi program that got rid of Jews under Hitler. It was important because it introduced the word genocide and caused the slaughtering of millions of Jews -
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The Final Solution
Hitler's program of systematically killing the entire Jewish people. This was important because it caused many Jews to die during the Holocaust -
Pearl Harbor
Base in Hawaii that was bombed by japan on December 7, 1941. This was important because it caused America to enter the war. -
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Executive Order 9066
FDR's order to place all Japanese Americans in Internment Camps. This was important because it caused many Japanese Americans to suffer by losing their houses and property -
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American Home front
Women and Blacks take positions that men fighting left behind, propaganda used to get people to support war effort. This was important because all participants had a major impact on the outcome of the war -
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Internment
The state of being confined as a prisoner, especially for political or military reasons. This was important because it was used for many groups of people and it caused conflict because it was not fair to those groups of people -
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War Refugee Board
Federal agency created in 1944 to try to help people threatened with murder by the Nazis. This was important because it helped many people that was suffering from the holocaust and ww2 because of the Nazi -
D Day
Allied invasion of France during world war II. this was important because it became the turning point for World War II in Europe. -
Korematsu v. United States
Supreme Court case that upheld the government's wartime internment policy. This was important because Supreme Court held that the wartime internment of American citizens of Japanese descent was constitutional -
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United Nations
An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation. This was important because it would be used to prevent wars like ww2 and ww1 from happening again -
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The Nuremberg Trials
Trials of the Nazi leaders, showed that people are responsible for their actions, even in wartime. This was important because it held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice -
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Nuclear Warfare
The use of nuclear weapons in a war. This was important because many nuclear arms were being developed during the arms race so the thought of nuclear warfare developed -
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The Yalta Conference
Meeting with US president FDR, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war. This was important because helped decide the furture of the world after world war II -
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day when the Germans surrendered. This was important because it marked the end of world war II and the victory in Europe -
The Atomic Bomb
A bomb dropped by an American bomber on Hiroshima and Nagasaki destroying both cities. This was important because it made Japan surrender to the U.S. -
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Truman Doctrine
President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology. This was important because it stopped the spread of the Soviet Unions cause. -
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Containment
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world. This was important because stopped the spread of communism. -
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Levittown
William Levitt used mass-production techniques to build inexpensive homes in suburban New York to help relieve the postwar housing shortage. It was important because it showed how conformity caused people to act like each other and go into the suburb areas. -
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Isreal
A Jewish state on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, both in antiquity and again founded in 1948 after centuries of Jewish diaspora. This was important because it gave the Jews a place to stay after they were treated bad from the Holocaust. -
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Marshall Plan
A plan for aiding the European nations in economic recovery after World War II in order to stabilize and rebuild their countries and prevent the spread of communism. This was important because it helped Europe after wwII -
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NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country. -
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The Korean War
The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. This was important because it showed how communism affected areas and how far the conflict about it spread. -
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NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It was an important administration that was developed during the space and arms race that helped increase technology in America. -
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
The 1962 confrontation between US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba. This was important because it showed how missiles and other arms were a big threat during the cold war and how they affected the United States and Soviet Union -
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Civil Rights
The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality. This was important because throughout history the right of citizens was questioned to certain groups of people -
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Xenophobia
A fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers. This was important because it was, and still is, something that affected many different people throughout history