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Capitalism
An economic system based on private ownership of capital -
xenophobia
hatred towards foreigners -
Anti-Semitism
Prejudice against Jews -
Propaganda
Info that is spread to advertise/promote a cause -
Adolf Hitler
German Nazi dictator during World War II -
Communism
a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership -
The Red Scare
widespread fear of communism -
Isolationism
A policy of remaining apart from the affairs and being isolated -
Nazi Party
German political party joined by Adolf Hitler, emphasizing nationalism, racism, and war. -
Charles Lindbergh
An American pilot who made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Levittown
William Levitt used mass-production techniques to build cheap homes in New York to help people without houses get houses -
Third Reich
The Third German Empire, established by Adolf Hitler -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States during the Great Depression and World War II. -
Conformity
Adjusting beliefs to match the group's beliefs -
The Final Solution
A plan made by Hitler and the Nazi's to clean/wipe the population of all Jews -
Appeasement
Doing what is told in order to maintain peace -
HUAC
Accused people of being communists -
Concentration Camps
Prison camps used under the rule of Hitler in Nazi Germany. Jews were killed, starved. -
The St.Louis
Carrying Jews on boats to escape the holocaust but they were denied allowance into land -
Winston Churchill
A British Prime Minister who led Britain throughout WW2 -
McCarthyism
Labeling Americans as communism without evidence or prove -
The Holocaust
The Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler -
Pearl Harbor
Base in Hawaii that was bombed by Japan which made America to enter the war. -
American Home Front
Women and Blacks take positions that men fighting left behind and propaganda used to get people to support the war effort. -
Executive Order 9006
relocation of Japanese Americans on West Coast to internment camps -
Internment
Japanese Americans being a prisoner during WWII -
Korematsu v. US
Were Japenese-Americans were sent into concentration camps during WW2 -
War Refugee Board
Agency made by FDR to aid people who were affected by the Axis Power -
D-Day
An invasion that attacked German Forces -
VE-Day
Celebration of when the Nazi Germans/Germany surrendered. -
The Atomic Bomb
bomb dropped by an American bomber on Hiroshima and Nagasaki destroying both cities -
The United Nations
An organization created at the end of WW2 to resolve conflicts and promote peace between nations. -
The Nuremberg Trials
A series of trials for the prosecution of the prominent leaders of Nazi Germany -
The Yalta Conference
1945 strategy meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin to see how they would reorganize Germany and Europe -
Nuclear Warfare
The use of nuclear weapons in a war -
Joseph McCarthy
US politician, Who labeled many Americans as communist -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman's to provide economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism -
Containment
Used to stop the spread of communism(Spent money on other countries) -
Israel
an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea -
Marshall Plan
The United States can provide aid for the reconstruction of Western Europe -
NATO
The US making alliances with other countries to stop the spread of communism -
Mass Consumerism
Mass production of goods or acquiring large amounts of gods -
Civil Rights
the rights of full citizenship and equality under the law -
NASA
the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and responsible to send people to the moon -
Mutally Assured Destruction (M.A.D.)
The United States and the Soviet Union established the idea that if one were to bomb the other, the other would bomb them back -
John F. Kennedy
President of the US and leader during the cold war -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba. -
Betty Friedman
Author of The Feminine Mystique and major influencer in the women rights movement -
Civil Liberties
Freedoms that the government can not condense