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As World War I erupts in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson formally proclaims the neutrality of the United States, a position that a vast majority of Americans favored
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Vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Germany during World War I and World War II.
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Head of the Italian Government after leading Italy into 3 sucessful wars
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The rise of Dictators and a controlled government during The Great Depression
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Came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe of an Authoritarian and Nationalistic right-wing system of government and Social Organization.
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He was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany
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32nd President of the United States. He lead the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war
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An episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanking during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Occured over a 6 week period with over 300,00 citizens killed
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The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Also an officer in the Britsh Army
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Baker was the only living black American World War II veteran of the seven belatedly awarded the Medal of Honor when it was bestowed upon him by President Bill Clinton in 1997.
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Propaganda was used to increase support for the war and commitment to an Allied victory. Using a vast array of media, propagandists fomented hatred for the enemy and support for America's allies, urged greater public effort for war production and victory gardens, persuaded people to save some of their material so that more material could be used for the war effort.
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A program under which the United States supplied Free France, Great Britain, the Republic of China, and later the USSR and other Allied nations with food, oil, and material.
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World War II involved global conflict on an unprecedented scale; the absolute urgency of mobilizing the entire population made the expansion of the role of women inevitable.
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A surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II.
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The United States issued war bonds during World War II, when full employment collided with rationing, and war bonds were seen as a way to remove money from circulation as well as reduce inflation.
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The U.S. government ordered the removal of Japanese Americans in 1942, shortly after Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, receiving every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army, Including the Metal of Honor
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A United States government agency created during World War II to consolidate existing government information services and deliver propaganda both at home and abroad.
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The 33rd President of the United States. President at the end of WWII and the beginning of the Cold War.
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An attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, that took place in the final months of the Second World War in the European Theatre. An estimated 22,700 to 25,000 people were killed and the bombing resulted over 1,600 acres of land destroyed.