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world war 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fascism | was a kind of aggressive nationalism. |
| internationalism | the idea that trade between nations creates prosperity and helps to prevent war. |
| appeasement | is the policy of giving concessions in exchange for peace. |
| blitzkrieg | is a lighting war that the germans use. |
| holocaust | the catastrophe that ravaged europe's jews. |
| concentration camps | there healthy individuals would work as slave laborers until they dropped dead. |
| extermination camps | camps were jews would me executed in massive gas chambers. |
| strategic materials | materials important for fighting a war |
| cost plus | the government agreed to pay a company whatever it cost to make a product plus a guaranteed percentage of the costs as profit. |
| liberty ship | was the basic cargo ship used during the war |
| disenfranchise | african americans were often denied the right to vote. |
| rationing | is limiting the availability of, many products to make sure enough were available for military use. |
| victory garden | gardens planted by american citizens during war to raise vegetables for home use, leaving more for the troops |
| napalm | a jelled gasoline used for bombs. |
| convoy system | cargo ships traveled in groups and were escorted by navy waeships. |
| amphtrac | an amphibious tractor. |
| kamikaze | is a japanese pilot that would deliberately crash there planes in to us ships killing themselves but also inflicting severe damage. |
| hedgerow | were dirt walls, several feet thick, covered in shrubbery. |
| charter | is a constitution |