unit 7: us history

Winston Churchill

Nov 30, 1874

A british politician, led a country that was bombarded almost daily by German planes; advocate of democracy and patriotism.

Bebito Mussolini

Jul 29, 1883

Benito Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party, ruling the country from 1922 to his ousting in 1943. allied with Germany.

Harry S. Truman

May 8, 1884

33rd president of the United states and he succsefully concluded WW2

Adolf Hitler

Apr 20, 1889

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party. He was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945.

U.S. declares Neutrality

Aug 19, 1914

The U.S. wanted to stay out of the war even sent out money to Great Britian.

Vernon Baker

Dec 17, 1919

Another famous and highly decorated solider, Medal of Honor recipient

Audie Murphy

Jun 20, 1924

decorated wwII soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, and movie star

Rape of Nanking

Dec 13, 1937

the mass rape and murder of chinese citizens by Japanese soliders.

Fascism

Jan 1, 1941

An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization

Nazism

Jan 1, 1941

The ideology and practice of the Nazis, especially the policy of racist nationalism, national expansion, and state control of the economy.

Dictator

Jan 1, 1941

A dictator is a ruler who assumes sole and absolute power but not officially sanctioned by heritage, as in an absolute monarch

Lend Lease Act

Mar 11, 1941

America mass created machines and war weapons for other countries to lend and lease.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan

Japanese-American Interment Camps

Jan 1, 1942

immediate cause for the US entry into WWII; considered by FDR as the a "date which will live in infamy"

Propaganda

Jan 1, 1942

trying to get others interested in an event or guilt trip them into doing in the good of others

War Bonds and Rationaling

Mar 1, 1942

A way for America to make money off war.

Womens Roles in WWII

May 1, 1942

Women were finally able to work in "manly" jobs.

Office of War information

Jun 1, 1942

was a U.S. government agency created during World War II to consolidate government information services

Victory Gardens

Jan 1, 1943

all different types of people in all types of communites were able to help the war effort this way

Firebooming of Dresden

Feb 13, 1945

was an attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, that took place in the final months of the Second World War.