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Unit #8 Interwar/WW2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Weimar Republic | Government of Germany after WWI |
| Great Depression | Severe economic downturn that followed the collapse of the U.S. stock market in 1929 |
| Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) | President of the United States during the Great Depression |
| Fascism | Political movement based on nationalism that gives power to a dictator and takes away individual rights |
| Benito Mussolini | Fascist leader of Italy |
| Adolf Hitler | Fascist leader of Germany |
| Mein Kampf | Book by Hitler outlining his beliefs and goals for Germany |
| Appeasement | Giving in to keep the peace |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy & Japan |
| Isolationism | Belief that political ties with other countries should be avoided |
| Third Reich | German Empire under Hitler |
| Munich Conference | Meeting of world powers in 1938 that allowed Hitler to take part of Czechoslovakia |
| Nonagression Pact | Agreement that says countries will not attack or invade one another |
| Blitzkrieg | Warfare in which surprise air attacks are followed by massive attacks on land |
| Winston Churchill | Leader of Great Britain during most of WW2 |
| Hideki Tojo | Dictator of Japan during WW2 |
| Pearl Harbor | Navy base in Hawaii attacked by the Japanese |
| Douglas MacArthur | U.S. general who commanded Allied forces in the Pacific |
| Holocaust | Systematic mass killing of Jews & other groups considered inferior |
| Kristallnacht | Night of broken glass, when Nazis attacked Jews throughout Germany |
| Final Solution | Hitler’s plan to kill as many Jews as possible |
| Genocide | Systematic killing of an entire people |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | American General who helped drive the Germans out of Africa; Commanded D-Day invasion |
| D-Day | Huge Allied invasion mounted to retake France from the Germans |
| Nuremberg Trials | Trials of Nazi leaders tried with crimes against humanity, held in Nuremberg, Germany |
| Demilitarization | Breaking down armed forces |
| Democratization | Process of creating a government elected by the people |