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What Is The Significance Of World War 2 Outline

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Adolf Hitler(Captain America’s Support):
The Chancellor of Germany and the leader of the Nazi party during World War II. Took office in 1933 until his death in 1945.
The Allied Powers(Pearl Harbor):
The name given to the alliance of Great Britain, France, China, The Soviet Union, and The United States during World War II who fought against The Axis Powers.
Anti-Semitic(Captain America’s Support):
The hostility or prejudice of Jewish People.
Atomic Bomb(Atomic Bomb):
A bomb that gets its mass destruction ability from splitting atoms.
Attorney General(JFK):
The head of the US Department of Justice.
Auschwitz (Holocaust):
A Nazi concentration camp located in Poland.
The Axis Powers(Pearl Harbor):
The name given to the alliance of …show more content…

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Civil Disobedience (JFK): The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines as a peaceful form of political protest.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (JFK): Proposed by President John F. Kennedy and then passed by President Lyndon B. Johnson after Kennedy’s death. Further made racial segregation in public places illegal; also banned employment discrimination of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
The Cold War(Tensions Abroad):
The state of hostility between two countries that is short of warfare between The Soviet Union and The United States. Began in 1945 and ended in 1990 following the Fall of The Berlin Wall.
Communism(Tensions Abroad):
A system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party.
Cuban Missile Crisis(Korea and Cuba):
The conflict between The United States and The Soviet Union about missile bases on Cuba. This is the peak of conflict in The Cold War.
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D-Day(World After War):
On June 6th, 1944 this was the day when Allied forces invaded France by landing on the beaches of Normandy. This was a big turning point in the war where the Allied forces began to push Germany back.
Democracy(Tensions Abroad):
Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in

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