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US History FE
WWI, WWII & Holocaust Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aryan | used in Nazism to designate a supposed master race of non-Jewish Whites, usually having Nordic features. Nazis falsely be |
| Nazi | a member of the National Socialist German Workers' party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler. |
| internment camps | places set up during war to keep people who might be a threat to the safety of the country |
| atomic bomb | a very powerful bomb that gets its power from nuclear fission, or the splitting of the nuclei of atoms from elements like plutonium or uranium. They case damage through heat, blast, and radiation. |
| concentration camp | Nazi prisons where millions of people were killed |
| racism | the belief that one's own group is the best and the hatred of people who belong to a different group |
| nationalism | pride in ones own country |
| dictator | a ruler with total power |
| alliance | an agreement between people, groups, or nations to work together toward a common goal |
| The Great War | World War I, fought from 1914 to 1918 between the Allies (Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire). |
| fascism | a political set of ideas that says a strong central government and a very powerful leader are the best |
| Harry S Truman | the 33rd President of the United States (1945-1953). After he took over the Allied Forces, he made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan |
| isolationism | a political policy of not interfering with the concerns of other countries. |
| imperialism | system or policy of one country taking control of other countries using force and diplomacy. |
| militarism | policy or belief in a strong military force. |
| propaganda | false or biased information that is used to make the general public feel a certain way about a political issue or situation. |
| trench | a ditch dug by soldiers in the war where they shelter from enemy fire. |
| ration | a set amount of food or supplies given out, especially during war. |
| Pearl Harbor | a major United States naval base in Hawaii that the Japanese air force attacked without warning on December 7, 1941. Many American lives and ships were lost. |
| genocide | the deliberate killing of an entire racial, political, ethnic, or cultural group. |
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