Atomic Bomb
An ultra-destructive weapon created in the United States and used on Japan to end World War 2.
Axis Powers
The name for the alliance between Germany, Japan, and Italy during World War 2.
Allied Powers
The name for the alliance between the United States, England, and France during World War 2.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
32nd President of the United States. Led the United States through the Great Depression and World War 2. Created the New Deal to help the United States get through the Great Depression.
Korematsu v United States
A 1944 Supreme Court decision that upheld the internment (imprisonment) of more than 100,000 Japanese Americans in camps during World War II.
Holocaust
Nazi-led extermination of millions of people, most notably those of Jewish descent.
Propoganda
Information created by a government to try and convince you to think a certain way about a topic.
GI Bill
law passed in 1944 to help returning veterans buy homes and pay for higher educations