U6 vocab

3. GI/ A group founded by World War II veterans in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1948 to protest the poor treatment of Mexican American soldiers and veterans.
5. Jima/ a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)
6. hopping/ A military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands and bypassing others
10. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
11. a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II
12. A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
13. A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production.
15. Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944

1. project/ A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb
2. Churchill/ A noted British statesman who led Britain throughout most of World War II and along with Roosevelt planned many allied campaigns. He predicted an iron curtain that would separate Communist Europe from the rest of the West.
4. A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
7. What as the political movement tin Italy that emphasized loyalty to the state?
8. a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering
9. an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
14. bonds/ Certificates sold by the United States government to pay for the war.