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US history ch 14
The Coming of War 1931-1942
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Totalitarianism | a theoryy of government in which a single party or leader controls the economic, social, and cultural lives of its people |
| Joseph Stalin | Leader of the Communist Party in Russia/Soviet Union after the death of Lenin |
| Benito Mussolini | Leader/Founder of the Fascist party in Italy |
| Adolf Hitler | Leader of the Nazi Party in Germany |
| anti-Semitic | prejudice against Jewish people |
| Spanish Civil War | Nationalist forces led by General Francisco Franco rebelled against the democratic Republican government of Spain |
| Appeasement | Britain and France's policy of granting concessions in order to keep the peace with Germany |
| Anschluss | (forced) 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 | "lightning war" that emphasized the use of speed and firepower to penetrate deep into the enemy's territory |
| Axis Powers | group of countries led by Germany, Italy, and Japan that fought the Allies in World War II |
| Allies | group of countries led by Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union that fought the Axis Powers in World War II |
| Winston Churchill | new Prime Minister of Britain |
| 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 own ships |
| Tripartite Pact | agreement that created an alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan |
| 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 United States |
| Atlantic Charter | a joint declaration made in August 1941 by Great Britain and the United States, during World War II, that endorsed national self-determination and an international system of general security |
| Hideki Tojo | Japanese general who became the Prime Minister of Japan |
| Pearl Harbor | American military base attacked by the Japanese on December 7th, 1941 |
| WAC(Women's Army Corps) | U.S. Army group established during World War II so that women could serve in noncombat roles |
| Douglas MacArthur | commander of the United States Navy forces in Asia |
| Bataan Death March | during World War II, the forced march of American and Filipino prisoners of war under brutal conditions by the Japanese military |
| Battle of Coral Sea | World War II battle that took place between Japanese and American aircraft carriers |
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