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Chapter 14 & 15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1 totalitarianism | a theory of gov. in which a single party or leader controls the economic social and cultural lives of its people. |
| 2 anti-Semitic | prejudice against jewish people. |
| 3 Spanish Civil War | a bloody conflict that raged from 1936 until 1939 |
| 4 appeasement | a policy of granting concessions to a potential enemy in the hope that it will maintain peace. |
| 5 Anschluss | union of germany and austria in 1933 |
| 6 Munich Pact | agreement made between germany italy GB and france in 1938 that sacrificed the sudetenland to preserve peace |
| 7 blitzkrieg | sudden attack or lightning war |
| 8 Axis Power | group of countries led by germany italy and japan that fought the allies in WWII |
| 9 Allies | group of countries led by britain france the US and the USSR that fought in WWII |
| 10 Neutrality Act of 1939 | allowed belligerent nations to buy goods and arms in the United States if they paid cash and carried the merchandise on their own ship |
| 11 tripertite act | agreement that created an alliance between germany itlay and japan durin WWII |
| 12lend-lease act | authorized roosevelt to sell transfer title to exchange lease lend or otherwise dispose of |
| 13 atlantic charter | a document that endorsed national self determination and an international system of general security |
| 14 Pearl Harbor | the site of the US navys main pacific base |
| 15 WAC | 1943 provided clerical workers truck drivers instructors and lab technicians for the US army |
| 16 bataan death march | the forced marched of american anf filipino prisoners of war under brutal conditions by the japanese military |
| 17 battle of coral sea | battle that took place between japanese and american aircraft carriers |
| 18 unconditional surrender | giving up completly with out any concessions |
| 19 saturation bombing | to inflict maximum damage |
| 20 strategic bombing | tactic of dropping bombs on key political and industrial targets |
| 21 tuskegee airmen | african american squadron that escorted bombers in the air war over Europe during WWII |
| 22 Chester Nimitz | commander of the US navy in the pacific |
| 23 battle of midway | turning point of WWII in which the japs advance was stopped |
| 24 executive order 8802 | assured fair hiring pracices in any job funded with gov money |
| 25 bracero program | brought laborers from mexico to work on american farms |
| 26 internment | temorary imprisonment ofm members of a specific group |
| 27 Korematsu vs US | |
| 28 442nd regimental combat team | fought in the italian campaign and became the most decorated military unit in american history |
| 29 rationing | gov controlled limits on the aount of certain goods that civilians could buy during wartime |
| 30 OWI | worked closely with the media to encourage support of the war effort |
| 31 d day | the day allies landed on the shores of normandy france |
| 32 battle of the bulge | hitler ordered a counter attack on the allies in belgium |
| 33 island hopping | straqtegy that involved seizing selected japanese held islands in the pacificwhile bypassing others |
| 34 kamikaze | japanes pilots who deliberatley crashed planes into amercian war ships |
| 35 manhattan project | code name of the project that developed a atomic bomb |
| 36 holocaust | the nazi attempt to kill al jews under their control |
| 37 nuremburg laws | laws enacted by hitler to deny german citizenship to jews |
| 38 kristallnacht | NIGHT OF THE BROKEN GLASS |
| 39 genocide | willful annhilat6ion of a racial political or cultural group |
| 40 concentration camps | where members of specially designated groups were confined |
| 41 death camps | where prisoners were systematically exterminated |
| 42 war refugee board | worked with the red cross to save thousands of jews |
| 43 yalta conference | 1945 strategy meating between roosevelt churchill and stalin |
| 44 superpowers | powerful country that displays a dominant role in the world |
| 45 GATT | 1948 treaty designed to expand world trade by reducing tariffs |
| 46 UN | an org that many hoped would suceed where the leuge of nations had failed |
| 47 universal declaration of human rights | document issued by th UN to premote basic human rights and freedoms |
| 48 geneva convention | an international agreement governing the humane treatment of wounded soldiers and POWs |
| 49 nuremburg trials | in which the aliies prosecuted nazis for war crimes |
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