U7, T5: World War II

Holocaust

• A campaign by Germany to exterminate all Jews and other 'undesirable' groups during WWII.

• A peace treaty signed after World War I.

• A cultural movement in Germany during the 1920s.

• A military strategy used by the Allies in WWII.

United Nations (UN)

• An organization of nations to maintain world peace, headquartered in Paris.

• An organization of nations to maintain world peace, headquartered in New York.

• A military alliance formed after WWII to combat communism.

• A trade organization established to promote economic cooperation.

Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC)

• A federal agency created to promote gender equality in the workplace.

• A federal agency created to eliminate racial discrimination in jobs.

• A federal agency established to oversee labor unions.

• A federal agency focused on immigration policies.

island-hopping strategy

• A strategy that involved seizing selected Japanese-held islands in the Pacific while bypassing others.

• A naval tactic used exclusively in the Atlantic during WWII.

• A method of direct confrontation with Japanese forces on all fronts.

• A strategy focused on establishing permanent bases on every island in the Pacific.

Yalta Conference

What was the Yalta Conference?

• A meeting of world leaders to discuss the postwar world

• A military strategy meeting during World War II

• A conference to establish the United Nations

• A peace treaty signing between the Allies

double-V campaign

• A campaign for women's rights during WWII.

• An African-American civil rights campaign for victory against fascism abroad and victory against racism at home.

• A military strategy used by the Allies in WWII.

• A campaign to promote economic growth in the United States.

Neutrality Act of 1937

• Legislation that allowed Americans to travel freely on belligerent ships.

• Legislation that prohibited Americans from traveling on belligerent ships and transporting arms to belligerent countries.

• Legislation that encouraged American trade with belligerent countries.

• Legislation that mandated military intervention in foreign conflicts.

America First Committee

• An organization that promoted intervention in WWII.

• A group that advocated for American involvement in European conflicts.

• An organization which advocated isolationism before and during WWII.

• A committee formed to support the Allies in WWII.

Potsdam Conference

• A meeting of the major Allied powers to discuss postwar plans

• A conference held in 1940 to discuss the war in Europe

• A summit between the U.S. and China in 1945

• A gathering of Axis powers to negotiate peace terms

Harry S. Truman

• President from 1940-1945.

• President from 1945-1953.

• Vice President from 1945-1953.

• Senator from 1935-1945.