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Chapter 14 &15 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| totalitarianism | theory of government which a single party or leader control the economic, social, and cultural lives if its people |
| anti-Semitic | prejudice and discrimination aganist Jewish people |
| Spanish Civil War | led by General Francisco Franco rebelled against the democratic Republican government of Spain |
| appeasement | policy of granting concessions 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 | the use of speed and firepower to penetrate deep into the enemy's territory |
| Axis Power | group of countries led by Germany, Italy, and Japan that fought the Allies in WWII |
| Allies | group of countries led by Britain, France, the U.S., and the Soviet Union that fought the Axis Powers in WWII |
| Neutrality 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 on ship |
| Tripartite Pact | agreement that created an alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII |
| 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 U.S. |
| Atlantic Charter | a joint declaration that endorsed national self-determination and an international system of general security |
| Pearl Harbor | American military base attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941 |
| WAC | U.S. Army group established during WWII so that women could serve on noncombat roles |
| Bataan Death March | the forced march of Americans and Filipino prisoners of war under brutal conditions by the Japanese military |
| Battle of Coral Sea | battle that took place between Japanese and American aircraft carries |
| unconditional surrender | giving up completely without any concession |
| saturation bombing | tactic of dropping massive amounts of bombs in order to inflict max damage |
| Tuskegee Airmen | African American squadron that escorted bombers in the air war over Europe |
| Battle of Midway | Japanese was stopped in the Pacific |
| Executive Order 8802 | measure that assured fair hiring practices in any job funded by the government |
| bracero program | plan that brought laborers from Mexico to work on American farms |
| internment | temporary imprisonment of members of specific groups |
| Korematsu v. United States | Japanese American want to get there rights |
| 442nd Regimental Combat Team | fought in the Italian campaign and became the most decorated military in American History |
| OWI | government agency that encouraged support of the war effort in WWII |
| D-Day | June 6, 1944 the Allies landed on beaches of Normandy, France |
| Battle of the Bulge | counterattack on Allied troops in Belgium |
| island hopping | strategy that involved seizing selected Japanese held island in the Pacific |
| kamikaze | Japanese pilots who deliberately crashed plans into American ships during WWII |
| Manhattan Project | code name of a project that developed the atomic bomb |
| Holocaust | describe the systematic murder of the Jews by the Nazis |
| anti-Semitism | discrimination against Jewish people |
| Nuremberg Laws | laws that denied German citizenship |
| Kristallnacht | "Night of Broken Glass: attacks on the Jewish communities in Germany |
| genocide | willful annihilation of a racial, political, or cultural group |
| concentration camp | camp use to imprison members of society |
| death camp | Nazi camp designed for the extermination of prisoners |
| War Refugee Board | U.S. government agency that saved Jews |
| Yalta Conference | 1945 meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin |
| superpower | powerful countries that plays a dominant economic, political, military |
| GATT | signed to lower trade barriers |
| United Nations | founded in 1945 to promote peace |
| Universal Declaration of Human Rights | promote basic human rights and freedom |
| Geneva Convention | governing the humane treatment of wounded soldiers and prisoners of war |
| Nuremberg Trials | Nazi leaders were charged with war crimes |
| rationing | government controlled limits on the amount of goods that civlilians could buy during wartime |
| strategic bombing | tactic of dropping bombs on key political and industrial targets |
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