World War Part 2

G.I. Bill of Right

GI Bill definition. A law passed in 1944 that provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in World War II. Benefits are still available to persons honorably discharged from the armed forces.

Internment

Internment means putting a person in prison or other kind of detention, generally in wartime. During World War II, the American government put Japanese-Americans in internment camps, fearing they might be loyal to Japan.

Manhattan Project

Manhattan Project definition. The code name for the effort to develop atomic bombs for the United States during World War II. The first controlled nuclear reaction took place in Chicago in 1942, and by 1945, bombs had been manufactured that used this chain reaction to produce great explosive force.

Congress of Racial Equality

The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. Founded in 1942, CORE was one of the "Big Four" civil rights organizations, along with the SCLC, the SNCC, and the NAACP.

Nuremburg Trials

The Nuremberg trials were a series of trials held between 1945 and 1949 in which the Allies prosecuted German military leaders, political officials, industrialists, and financiers for crimes they had committed during World War II.

War Production Board

The War Production Board (WPB) was an agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt established it on January 16, 1942, with Executive Order 9024.

Rationing

allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a particular commodity).

D-day

the day (June 6, 1944) in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. •the day on which an important operation is to begin or a change to take effect.

Island Hopping

travel from one island to another, especially as a tourist in an area of small islands.

Kamikaze

(in World War II) a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target.