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Chapter 14 war
Chapter 14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. Totalitarianism | Theory of government in which a leader controls the lives of its people |
| 2. Anti-Semitic | Prejudice and discrimination against Jews |
| 3. Appeasement | Policy of granting concessions in order to keep the peace |
| 4. Anschluss | Union of Germany and Austria in 1933 |
| 5. Munich pact | Agreement between Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France that sacrificed the Sudetenland to preserve peace |
| 6. Blitzkrieg | "Lightening war" that emphasized the use of speed and firepower to penetrate deep into the enemy's territory |
| 7. Axis powers | Germany, Italy, and Japan |
| 8. Allies | Britain, France, the U.S., and the Soviet Union |
| 9. Neutrality act of 1939 | allowed nations at war to buy goods in the U.S. if they paid cash and carried the merchandise on their own ships |
| 10. Tripartite pact | Axis powers alliance |
| 11. Lend-lease act | Allowed FDR to sell war supplies to any country whose defense he considered vital to the safety of the U.S. |
| 12. Atlantic charter | Declaration by Great Britain and the U.S. that endorsed national self-determination and an international systemic general security |
| 13. Pearl Harbor | American military base attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941 |
| 14. WAC (women's army corps) | provided noncombat jobs in the army for women |
| 15. Bataan death march | American and Filipino prisoners of war march under brutal conditions by the Japanese military |
| 16. Battle of the coral sea | Battle between Japanese and American aircraft carriers |
| 17. Spanish Civil War | Revolution of fascist in Spain |