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Chapter 14-15 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| totalitarianism | a theory of government in which a single party or leader controls the economic, social, and cultural lives of its people. |
| anti-semitic | prejudice and discrimination against Jewish people. |
| Spanish civil war | nationalist forces led by General Franco rebelled against the democratic Republican government of Spain. |
| appeasement | policy of granting concession in order to keep the peace. |
| Anschluss | union of Germany and Austria in 1933. |
| Munich Pact | agreement made between Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France in 1938 that sacrificed the Sudetenland to preserve peace. |
| blitzkrieg | "lightning" war that emphasized the use of speed and firepower to penetrate deep into the enemies territory. |
| Axis powers | group of countries led by germany, italy, and japan that fought the allies in world war 2. |
| allies | group of countries led by Britian, france, the US and the soviet union that fought the axis powers in ww2. |
| neutralilty act of 1939 | act that allowed nations at war to buy goods and arms in the united states if they paid cash and carried the merchandise on their own ships. |
| tripartite pact | agreement that created an alliance between Germany, Italy,and Japan during ww2. |
| lend-lease act | act passed in 1941 that allowed President Roosevelt to sell or lend war supplies to any country whose defense he considered vital to the safety of the US. |
| atlantic charter | a joint declaration made in August 1941 by Great Britain and the US during ww2 that endorsed national self determination an international system of general security. |
| Pearl Harbor | american military base attacked by the japanese on Dec. 7, 1941. |
| WAC | US army group established during ww2 so that women could serve in noncombat roles. |
| Bataan Death march | during ww2 the forced march of american and filipino prisoners of war under brutal conditions by the japanese military. |
| battle of coral sea | ww2 battle that took place between japanese and american aircraft carriers. |
| unconditional surrender | giving up completely without any concessions. |
| saturation bombing | tatic of dropping massive amounts of bombs in order to inflict maximum damage. |
| tuskgee airmen | african american squadron that escorted bombers in the air over europe during ww2. |
| battle of midway | turning point of the ww2 in the pacific, in which the japanese advance was stopped. |
| excutive order 8802 | ww2 measure that assured fair hiring pratices in any job funded by the goverment. |
| bracero program | plan that brought laborers from mexico to work on american farms. |
| internment | temporary imprisonment of members of a specific. |
| korematsu v. united states | sopreme court upheld the govt wartime internment policy. |
| 442nd regimental combat team | most decorated military unit in american history. |
| rationing | govt controlled limits on the amount of certain goods that civilians could buy during wartime. |
| OWI | govt agency that encouraged support of the war effort during ww2. |
| D-day | june 6 1944 the day allies landed on the beaches of normandy, france. |
| Battle of bulge | in dec. 1944, hitler ordered a counterattack on allied troops in belgium, but it crippled germany by using up reserves and demoralizing. |
| island hopping | ww2 strategy that involved seizing selected japanese held islands in the pacific while bypassing others. |
| kamikaze | japanese pilots who deliberately crashed planes into american ships during ww2. |
| Manhattan project | code name of the project that developed the atomic bomb. |
| Holcaust | name now used to describe the systematic murder of jews by the nazis. |
| anti-semitism | prejudice and discrimination against jewish people. |
| nuremberg laws | laws enacted by hitler that denied german citizenship to jews. |
| kristallnacht | night of broken glass organized attacks on jewish communities in germany on nov. 9 1938. |
| genocide | willful annihilation of a racial, political, or cultural group. |
| concentration camp | camps used by nazis to imprison undesirable members of society. |
| deathcamp | nazi camp designed for the extermination of prisoners. |
| war refugee board | us govt agency founded in 1944 to save eastern european jews. |
| Yalta conference | 1945 strategy meeting between roosevelt , churchill, stalin. |
| superpower | powerful country that plays a dominant economic polictal, and military role in the world. |
| GATT | international agreement first signed in 1947 aimed at lowered trade barriers. |
| United nations | organization founded in 1945 to promote peace. |
| Universal declaration of human rights | document issued by the un to promote basic human rights and freedoms. |
| geneva convention | international agreement govering the humane treatmewnt of wounded prisoners and prisoners of war. |
| nuremberg trials | trials in which nazi leaders were charged with war crimes. |
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