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USHistory Chap 16-17
US History Chapter 16-17 Review Vocab A
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, Japan |
| Allied Powers | Group of nations, including United States, Britain and the Soviet Union that opposed the Axis Powers |
| Facism | Political system based on a strong, centralized government headed by a dictator |
| Nuremberg Laws | 1935 - stripped Jews of their citizenship, jobs, and property |
| Kristallnacht | Name give to the night of November 9, 1938, when Nazis in Germany attacked Jews, their businesses and synagogues |
| Holocaust | Systematic murder of 11 million Jews and other people in Europe by the Nazis. |
| Final Solution | Imposed by Hitler - A policy of genocide to murder the entire population of Jews. |
| Munich Pact | Turned the Sudentenland over to Germany without a single shot being fired. Signed between Germany, France and Britain in 1938. |
| Neutrality Act | Laws passed by Congress to ban the sale of arms or loans to nations at war. |
| Lend-Lease Act | Plan by President Roosevelt to lending or leasing arms and other supplies to "any country whose defense was vital to the United States" |