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Chapter 23 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Reparations | compensation for war damages |
| Fascism | a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, |
| Dictator | A leader with absolute power |
| Genocide | the deliberate killing of a particular group of people |
| World War 2 | a war that began in Europe in 1929 between the allied powers and the axis powers |
| Rationing | limiting the purchase of something |
| Black Market | illegal sales of rationed goods |
| Blackout | a period of darkness enforced as a precaution against air raids |
| Holocaust | the name given to the systematic killing of 6 million European Jews during World War 2 |
| Accredit | to give official approval to,such as an educational institutional |
| Civil Service | a system of gov't employment in which a person would be hired based on qualifications for a particular job,not because of political connections |
| Benito Mussolini | Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943. |
| Ellis Arnall | Ellis Gibbs Arnall was an American politician, a liberal Democrat who served as the 69th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1943 to 1947. |
| Allied Powers | Allied Powers, also called Allies, those nations allied in opposition to the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey) in World War I or to the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) in World War II. |
| Axis Powers | Axis Powers, the coalition headed by Germany, Italy, and Japan that opposed the Allied Powers in World War II. |
| Adolf Hitler | Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party. He was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and Führer of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. |
| Hideki Tojo | Hideki Tojo was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, the leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association, and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan during most of World War II, from October 17, 1941 to July 22, 1944. |
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