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Dictator
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U.S. declares Neutrality
on 19 August 1914 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson addressed Congress and made public the U.S. policy of neutrality. During his address he warned U.S. citizens against taking sides in the war for fear of endangering the wider U.S. policy. -
Fascism
an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. -
Nazism
It started in the 1920s. The Party gained power in 1933, starting the Third Reich -
Adolf Hitler
He was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945 -
FDR
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States -
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943 -
Lend Lease Act
In July 1940, after Britain had sustained the loss of 11 destroyers to the German Navy over a 10-day period, newly elected British Prime Minister Winston Churchill requested help from President Roosevelt. Roosevelt responded by exchanging 50 destroyers for 99-year leases on -
Propaganda
During active American involvement in World War II (1941–45), propaganda was used to increase support for the war and commitment to an Allied victory. -
Japanese-American Interment Camps
where the 150,000-plus Japanese Americans comprised over one-third of the population, only 1,200 to 1,800 were interned.[6] The forced relocation and incarceration has been determined to have resulted more from racism and discrimination among whites on the West Coast, rather than any military danger posed by the Japanese Americans. -
Office of War Information
Through radio broadcasts, newspapers, posters, photographs, films and other forms of media, the OWI was the connection between the battlefront and civilian communities. -
Winston Churchill
British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955 -
Victory Gardens
Families were encouraged to can their own vegetables to save commercial canned goods for the troops. In 1943, families bought 315,000 pressure cookers (used in the process of canning), compared to 66,000 in 1942. The government and businesses urged people to make gardening a family and community effort. -
Vernon Baker
Vernon Joseph Baker was a United States Army officer who received the Medal of Honor, the highest military award given by the United States Government for his valorous actions during World War II -
Harry S. Truman
As the final running mate of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, Truman succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when Roosevelt died after months of declining health -
Audie Murphy
Audie Leon Murphy was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, receiving every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism