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World War II
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Depression | A period of low general economic activity marked especially by rising levels of unemployment |
| Totalitarian State | Government in which citizens are under strict control by the state |
| Collectivization | An economic system in which a government controls production and distribution of all goods |
| Appeasement | Trying to avoid war with an aggressive nation by giving in to its demands |
| Winston Churchill | Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II; viewed as a strong leader who invoked courage in all British citzens |
| Benito Mussolini | Italian dictator who created the Fascist Party and turned Italy into a totalitarian state |
| Adolf Hitler | Chancellor of Germany who was the leader of the National Socialist Party; built Germany into totalitarian state |
| Joseph Stalin | Head of the Communist Party in Russia; became dictator of Soviet Union; turned Soviet Union into superpower and industrial power |
| Tehran Conference | When the leaders of Russia, Great Britain, and America came together to divide up Germany after Hitler was defeated |
| Holocaust | Act of genocide by Hitler and the Nazi Party that killed over 6 million Jews and millions of others |
| D-Day | June 6, 1944; Allied forces invaded Nazi-held France at the province of Normandy |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 32nd President of the United States 1933-1945; in Office during the Great Depression and World War II; set up government program known as the "New Deal" |
| Pearl Harbor | December 7, 1941; surprise air attack by Japan on the U.S. Pacific Fleet; many battleships and planes were destroyed; over 2,300 soldiers, sailors, and civilians were killed |
| Harry S. Truman | 33rd President of the United States 1945-1953; ordered the drop of the atomic bomb on Japan; Truman Doctrine pledged to help a country from communist takeover |
| United Nations (UN) | international organization chartered in 1945 that was committed to world peace |
| Universal Declaration of Human Rights | UN declaration made in 1948 detailing the rights and freedoms of individuals; written in response to war crimes |
| Cold War | Conflict between the two superpowers, America and the Soviet Union, after World War II lasting until 1990; the two competed for world leadership and disagreed on view of post-war world |
| Iron Curtain | Invisible barrier built by the Soviet Union that divided Eastern and Western Europe; communication and exchange of information was cut off between the East and West |
| Containment | Preventing the spread of communism beyond its existing borders |
| Truman Doctrine | United States plan that would grant aid to countries threatened by communist takeover |
| Marshall Plan | U.S. program that gave aid to European countries to help them rebuild after WWII and to stop Soviet expansion |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | Established by the US, Canada, and 10 Western European countries to contain the Soviet Union, police world situations, and aid one another if attacked |
| Berlin Wall | Wall built by the Soviet Union to divide and separate Communist East Berlin and Democratic West Berlin; symbol of the Cold War |
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