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Chapter 26 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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appeasement | the policy of giving into the demands of a nation in order to avoid war |
atomic bomb | a weapon that receives its explosives from the splitting of atoms |
fascism | a political system in which the state or government is seen as more important than the individual |
genocide | the complete destruction of a racial or ethnic minority |
Holocaust | a program of mass murder in which the Nazis tried to kill all Jews |
internment | the imprisonment of Japanese Americans in special camps during World War II |
island hopping | the strategy used by U.S. forces in the Pacific during World War II that involved taking only strategically important islands |
kamikaze | Japanese pilots who flew suicide missions during World War II |
totalitarianism | a form of government in which every aspect of citizen's lives are controlled by the government |
zoot-suit riots | a series of riots during which Mexican Americans were attacked by whites |