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Pre-WWII 2021
Rise of Dictators and Run to WW II Terms
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| Political ideology in which the nation and race are more important than individuals | Fascism |
| Strong pride in your country | Nationalism |
| Policy of giving in to demands of others to avoid conflict | Appeasement |
| German strategy of attack, throws forces at weak points and attacks quickly | Blitzkrieg |
| Leader of Germany and Nazi Party | Adolf Hitler |
| Leader of the Italian Fascist Party | Benito Mussolini |
| The alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan | Axis Powers |
| War where Italy and Germany tested their weapons against "Communists". | Spanish Civil War |
| The name given to the Third German Empire | Third Reich |
| US laws aimed to keep US out of WWII | Neutrality Acts |
| The air war between Great Britain and Germany | Battle of Britain |
| The people in the US who wanted us to get involved with WW II | Interventionists |
| The people in the US who wanted us to stay out of WW II | Isolationists |
| The US law passed in the 1930's that allowed foir a peacetime draft | Selective Service Act |
| The US law that was passed to allow military supplies to be lent, leased, or sold to any country that was vital to the defense of the United States | Lend Lease Act |
| This intertnational agreement set the stage for the United Nations and what the world was to look like after WW II | Atlantic Charter |
| "The day which will live in infamy" | Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 |
| Great Britain's leader who stood up to Hitler | Winston Churchill |
| Graet Britain's leader who gave in to Hitler's demands | Neville Chamberlain |
| French leader who followed a policy of appeasement towards Hitler | Edouard Dalaier |
| Massive effort to pull English and French forces off of the continent and back to Great Britain early in the war | Dunkirk |
| Puppet state set up by Hitler in France | Vichy France |
| German Parliament | Reichstag |
| Largest and best organized group in US that tried to keep us out of WWII | America First Committee |
| Term used by FDR that indicated the US would supply the countries fighting against the dictators in WWII | Aresenal of Democracy |
| US Policy where countries could buy war materials from the United States as long as they shipped the goods themselves | Cash and Carry |
| French fortifications along the German border | Maginot Line |
| Great Britain signed over islands in the Atlantic for US ships | Destroyers for Bases |
| A derogatory nickname for arms and munitions companies after WWI | Merchants of Death |
| 1937 speeech by FDR, he urged aggressor nations would be isolated until they change their actions | Quarantine Speech |
| United States President at the beginning of WWII | Franklin D Roosevelt |
| Any changes to national boundaries brought about by aggression would not be acknowledged. | Stimson Doctrine |
| Forerunner to the United Nations, post WWI organization meant to keep international conflicts minimized. | League of Nations |
| The US would not sell war materials to aggressor nations, or peacetime materials beyond pre-war levels, unless it affected US directly. | Moral Embargo (Export Control Act) |
| The losing country in a conflict receives no guarantees as to the terms of any treaties. | Unconditional Surrender |
| Paying for damages caused by war or conflict. | Reparations |
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