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Propaganda
The first use of propaganda in history was in Europe in 1622 was a common practice missionary from catholic churches used. -
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Communism
A belief that the state owns property in common for all people and a single political party that represents the working classes controls the government's decisions. -
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Capitalism
An economic system based on private ownership of capital, which created a economic gap. -
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The 32nd U.S president during the great depression and New Deal time period. Was president from 1933 to 1945 -
Adolf Hitler
A German Dictator and leader of the Nazi Party -
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American Isolationism
The American policy of removing itself from European Affairs or international affairs. -
The Nazi Party
A party that believed strongly in the ideology of national socialism. -
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Betty Friedan
An American feminist that wrote the feminine mystique. -
St.Louis
A German ocean liner filled with Jewish Refugees trying to escape the holocaust and go to Cuba. -
Establishment of Levittown
New York suburb where postwar builders pioneered the techniques of mass home construction -
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European Appeasement
When France and Britain were allowing Germany's territorial aggression to avoid conflict. -
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Third Reich
The third part of the German Party, established by Hitler. -
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Concentration Camps
Prison camps used by Nazi Germans to get rid of Non-Aryans. -
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The final Solution
The overall process of genocide/systematic murder of Jews and other Non-Aryans. -
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HUAC
The House UN-American Activities Committee which accused people of being communists. -
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Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
A doctrine (plan) 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. -
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The Holocaust
A huge plan made by Nazi Germans which ultimately killed 6 million Jews. And killed all non-Aryans -
Pearl Harbor
When Japan bombed a military base in Hawaii, which is why the U.S intervened in WWII -
Executive Order 9066
The U.S's decision to place all Japanese Americans in Internment Camps -
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Japanese Internment
The imprisonment of a Japanese people -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology, in an attempt to contain communism -
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War Refugee Board
A government organization that was made in America with the intent to save the Jews in Germany. -
D-Day
The Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944 -
Korematsu V United States
A supreme court case concerning if the Executive order 9066 was constitutional. -
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Korean War
The conflict that began because North Korea invading (breaking the boundary) South Korea over different political ideas (communism vs democracy) -
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Yalta conference
The meeting of Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin, to decide how Germany would be divided after WWII -
VE-Day
The day the Nazi Germans surrendered to the Allies. -
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Nuremberg Trials
Court cases held in Nuremberg Germany in which the Allies decided the fate of the Nazi Germans for their war crimes. -
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United Nations
An international organization formed after WWII to promote peace around the world. -
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The Red Scare
The time period of fear of Communism in the United States. -
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Containment
American policy of preventing the further expansion of communism around the world. -
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McCarthyism
The term associated with Senator Joseph McCarthy who led the search for communists in America during the Red Scare with help from the F.B.I. -
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Marshall Plan
A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe. -
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Israel
A place for the Jewish people to live at or a safe haven for them after the holocaust. -
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NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the alliance was made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country, this alliance consisted of, the US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries -
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration -
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Mass Consumerism
The growth in the amount of goods being bought by Americans. -
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John F Kennedy
The 35th president of the United States. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
A crisis that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union over a Soviet attempt to deploy nuclear missiles stations in Cuba. -
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Winston Churchill
The former British Minister during 1940-1945 and 1951-1955