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History
Chapter 19
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| facism | Aggressive nationalism. The nation is more important than the individual. |
| Joseph Stalin | Leader of the Soviet Union during WWII. |
| Adolf Hitler | Leader of Germany during WWII. |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Japan, and Italy |
| Allied Powers | Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, & United States |
| Winston Churchill | Leader of Great Britain during most of WWII. |
| Franklin Roosevelt | Leader of the United States during most of WWII. |
| Blitzkrieg | Lightning warfare |
| appeasement | Giving in to the demands of an enemy to avoid war |
| Holocaust | Catastrophe where the Nazis killed nearly 6 million Jews. |
| Nuremberg Laws | Restricted the rights and citizenship of Jews in Nazi-controlled Europe. |
| Concentration Camps | Detention centers where "healthy" prisoners would work as slave laborers until their deaths. |
| Extermination Camps | Attached to many of the concentration camps where many Jews were executed in massive gas chambers |
| Poland | The invasion of this country started WWII. |
| Neutrality | Not choosing sides in a conflict |
| Lend-Lease Act | The U.S. would send weapons to Britain if they promised to return or pay rent on them after the war |
| Pearl Harbor | The attack here drew the United States into WWII. |
| September, 3, 1939 | Start date of WWII. |
| December 7, 1941 | Date the U.S. enters WWII |
| Anschluss | Annexation of Austria by Germany |