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chapter 14vocab ww2
chapter 14 & 15 vocab ww2
Term | Definition |
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TOTALITTARIANISM | A theory of government in which a single leader leads and controls the economic, social, and cultural |
ANTI-SEMITIC | prejudiced against Jews |
SPANISH CIVIL WAR | a bloody conflict that raged from 1936-1939 |
APPEASEMENT | it is a policy of granting concessions to a potential enemy in hope that it will maintain peace |
ANSCHLOOS | union of Austria and germany |
MUNICH PACT | an agreement reached at the conference "PEACE FOR OUR TIME" |
BLITZKRIEG | SUDDEN ATTACK |
AXIS POWER | GERMANY ITALY JAPAN |
ALLIES | BRITAIN FRANCE AND THE SOVIET UNION THE U.S. AND CHINA |
NEUTRALITY ACT OF 1939 | cash and carry provision |
tripartite pact | when Germany Italy japan became allies |
lend lease act | allowed pres Roosevelt to sell or lend war supplies to any country whose defense he thinks is vital to the safety of u.s. |
Atlantic charter | a joint of declaration made by great Britain and the U.S.during world war one |
pearl harbor | ships sailed by the u.s. navy |
WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS (WAC) | provide clerical workers truck drivers , instructors and lab technicians for the u.s army |
Bataan death march | when more than 7000 Americans and Filipinos died on a grueling journey |
battle of the Coral sea | WW2 battle that took place between Japanese and american aircraft carriers |
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER | GIVING UP COMPLETELY WITHOUT ANY CONCESSIONS |
SATURATION BOMBING | tactic of dropping massive amount of bombs in order to inflict maximum damage |
STRATEGIC BOMBING | tactic of dropping bombs on key political and industrial targets |
TUSKEGEE AIRMEN | African american squadron that escorted bombers in the air war was over Europe during ww2 |
BATTLE of MIDWAY | the turning point of the war in the pacific stopping the Japanese advancance |
EXECUTIVE ORDER 8802 | fair hiring practice in any job funded with gov. money |
BRACERO PROGRAM | bringing laborers from mexico to work on american farm |
INTERMENT | temporary imprisonment of members of a specific group |
KOREMASTEU VS.U.S | the supreme court upheld the governments war time interment policy |
422ND REGEIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM | fought in Italian campaign and became the most decorated military unit in american history |
RATIONING | when government controls limits on the amount of certain goods that civilians could buy |
OFFICE of WAR INFORMATION (OWI) | worked closely with the media to encourage support of the war effort |
d-day | June 4 1944 allies hit Germany in force |
battle of the bulge | the counter attack |
island hopping | strategy that involved you seizing selected Japanese held islands in the pacific |
kamikaze | Japanese pilots that deliberately crashed plans into the american ships during ww2 |
Manhattan project | code name of a project that developed the atomic bomb |
HOLOCAUST | the attempt from the nazi's to control or kill all jews |
ANTISEMITISM | HATE THE JEWSISH (THINK HITLER) |
NUREMBERG LAWS | LAWS ENACTED BY HITLER THAT DENIED GERMAN CITIZEN SHIP TO JEWS |
KRISTALLNACHT | "night of broken glass"organized attacks on jewish communites in germany |
GENOCIDE | willful annihilation of a racial, political,or cultural |
CONCENTRATION CAMP | camps used by the nazis to imprison "undesirable " members of society |
DEATH CAMP | nazi camp designed for the extermination of prisoners |
WAR REFUGEE BOARD | u.s. government agency founded in 1944 to save eastern Europe jews |
yalta conference | the big three agreed that poland, bulgaria, and romania would hold free elcetions |
super power | powerful country that plays dominant economic ,political, and military role in the world |
general agreement on tariffs and trade (GATT) | international agreement on first signed in 1947 aimed at lowering trade barriers |
UNITED NATION OR UN | 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 govern the humane treatment of wounded soldiers and prisoners |
NUREMBERG TRIALS | trails in which nazi leaders were charged with war crimes |