Vocab. Set 6
Flying Tigers
volunteer American pilots who assisted the British in defending supply routes to China against Japanese attack
Lend-Lease Act
allowed the sending of supplies and materials to any country that "the President deems vital to the defense of the U.S."
Isolationism
belief that the U.S. should avoid conflict in Europe
Benito Mussolini
fascist leader of Italy
Attack on Pearl Harbor
forced the U.S. to enter World War II
Bataan Death March
forcible movement of American prisoners in the Philippines by the Japanese, resulting in the deaths of 5,000 soldiers
Neutrality Acts
laws passed by Congress prior to the U.S. entry into World War II to prevent Americans traveling on the ships of nations at war
Adolf Hitler
leader of Nazi Germany
Rations
limits placed on public food supplies during World War II
Concentration Camps
locations of inhumane containment of Jews by the Nazis
Atomic Bomb
new weapon that caused the surrender of the Japanese
Nazi Party
oppressive ruling government of Germany under Adolf Hitler
Appeasement
policy of allowing Germany small concessions to an attempt to avoid war
Executive Order 9066
presidential directive to place Japanese Americans in internment camps
War Bonds
provided funding for much of the war expenses incurred by the U.S. government
Victory Gardens
provided home-grown sources of food during the war
Nuremberg Trials
series of court cases against Nazis for their role in mass genocide
Tuskegee Airmen
squadron of African-American pilots known for their courage and skill
D-Day
term given to the Allied assault on German forces in France in June 1944
Holocaust
term given to the murder of millions of Jews, elderly, and the disabled by the Nazis
Dwight Eisenhower
American general who commanded the invasion on German-held France
Harry Truman
President who made the decision to use the atomic bomb
Blitzkrieg
German military tactic of advancement combining rapid speed and overwhelming force
Korematsu v. U.S.
Supreme Court decision that allowed for limited constitutional liberties during wartime
George Patton
U.S. commander who invaded North Africa and Italy, freeing it from Axis control
