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DT 8.1
From Isolation to War
Term | Definition |
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Pearl Harbor | established in 1908, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu and was the U.S. Pacific Fleet headquarters |
World War II | 1939, just 20 years after the Treaty of Versailles brought a different conflict to an end, Nazi Germany invaded Poland |
Benito Mussolini | founder of the Italian Fascist Party |
fascism | a form of government that celebrates the supremacy of the state over the individual |
Adolf Hitler | entered into military and political alliances with Italy and Japan and was determined on war and conquest |
anti-Semitism | a modern term for hatred of or prejudice against Jewish people |
Axis Powers | Japan, Germany, and Italy signed the Tripartite Pact having world dominance as their objective |
appeasement | a foreign policy to bring about peace among nations through negotiations in which one party gives up a great deal to achieve its ends |
Joseph Stalin | the secretary-general of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union and ruled that nation as a dictator for more than 25 years |
Allied Powers | US and the Soviet Union joined the UK, France, and Poland (and many others) against the Third Reich and Japan |
Winston Churchill | served as the United Kingdom's prime minister during World War II |
Battle of Britain | at the start of WWII, was the successful defense of Great Britain against German attack after the Brits denied a peace treaty |
Neutrality Acts | designed to prevent the US from participating in wars between other nations |