Roosevelt signed a document Feb. 19,1942 stating that all people of Japanese ancestry from California and parts of Washington, Oregon, and Arizona, needed to be placed in camps because of their fear for another attack by the Japanese.

A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952) after World War II.

A series of court proceedings in which Nazi leaders were tried for aggression, violations of the rules of war, and crimes against humanity.

An international organization formed after World War II to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.

A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.

The 33rd U.S. president, who succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt upon Roosevelt's death in April 1945. Truman is best known for making the controversial decision to use two atomic bombs against Japan in August 1945.

An economic extension of the New Deal proposed by Harry Truman that called for higher minimum wage, housing and full employment.

A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.

American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world.

President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology.

Military alliance created in 1949 made up of 12 non-Communist countries, including the United States and Canada, that support each other if attacked.

Someone who has had a limb removed by amputation.

All the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service.

A residential district located on the outskirts of a city.

Wealth or success.

To leave behind.

A political system in which the production and distribution of goods are controlled by an authoritarian government.

Law passed in 1944 to help returning veterans buy homes and pay for higher education.