Allies: United States, England, Soviet Union.
Axis: Germany, Japan, Italy.
Defense Spending: Amount of money the Government spends on the Military.
Unemployment Rate: Percentage of people unemployed.
Federal Outlay: Money that the Federal Gov. spends.
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Rattlesnakes of the Atlantic: German U-boats.
German U-boats: German submarines.
Isolationists: A policy of "minding your own"
Appease: To give in to demands. To pacify to a persons demands.
Lend-Lease Act: A law in which the POTUS(President of the United States) could have the government supply other countries with weapons.
Office of Price Administration: A way to prevent wartime inflation. By doing this, they kept prices for everyday things a minimum.
Inflation: When prices for goods/service increases but incomes remain the same.
Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt: The 32nd President of the U.S. who created the New Deal in which several programs were released in order to help citizens.
Pres. Harry S. Truman: 33rd President. He lead America into the Cold War with the Soviet Union.
Phillip Randolph: Organized one of the first predominantly black labor unions. Randolph was the leader in a march to Washington. This march was to convince FDR to ban discrimination in defense industries during WWII which eventually happened. He also got Pres. Truman to end segregation in armed services.
General Patton: Served as a U.S. Army general who fought in both WWI and II.
General MacArthur: Served in the U.S. Army and fought with the Pacific theatre in WWII.
General Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of U.S. Forces: A former president who served in the U.S. Army during WWII and also helped with the invasion of France and Germany. http://goo.gl/XKYaq
Adolph Hitler: The founder of the Nazi Party. He was the centerpiece of WWII in Europe and the Holocaust. Believed that the perfect kind was the "Aryan" which he was not even a part of.
Benito Mussolini: Dictator of Italy who was called II Duce.
Joseph Stalin: Was the leader of the Soviet Union. He entered the non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany.
Winston Churchill: The leader of the UK during WWII. He was also a officer in the British Army.
Battle of the Bulge: A way to set a signal that a new war was coming.
D-Day: A specific time in which a sudden attack or battle will take place.
Auschwitz: A concentration camp ran by Nazi Germany.
Atomic Bomb: One of the weapons used as a nuclear weapon.
Interment: The burial place of a corpse.
Income Tax: Money either given from or owed to the government.
Wage and Price controls: To maintain the price for goods at a stable rate.
War bonds: A way for civilians to support the troops with supplies.
WAAC's: A chance for women to serve in the Army
WWII Battles of the Pacific: When a war between Japan and the Allies happened on the Pacific theatre(area of war)
GI Bill of Rights: A range of rights that WWII veterans were given.
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