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Chapter 16: WWII
Us history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mein Kampf | The book Adolf Hitler wrote while in jail, he used it to gain popularity. |
| Adolf Hitler | Dictator of Germany, was an extreme nationalist, believed all German speaking Aryans should live in the same region, blamed Jews for Germany's depression |
| Joseph Stalin | Dictator of Soviet Union, he was a Communist who wanted to become a world power by industrializing, he had a 5 year plan |
| Benito Mussolini | Dictator of Italy, was a social fasist, his goals were to become a world power and to have prosperity, was an extreme nationalist who used terror and intimidation |
| Totalitarian Dictator | When one person controls a government |
| Fascism | A political view that supports a strong nationalistic government lead by a dictator |
| Nazism | A political view that supports nationalism, racism, and military expansion, became popular through Adolf Hitler |
| Neutrality Acts | Laws passed by the us government to prevent war, prevent loans to countries at war, prevent arms sales to countries at war and to prevent loans and arms sales to a country at a civil war |
| Neville Chamberlain | Met with Adolf Hitler and had him sign the Munich Pact. |
| Munich Pact | An agreement between Great Britain, France, and Germany: Adolf Hitler agreed to stop invading countries if he can get Sudetenland |
| Appeasement | Giving in to an aggressor |
| Winston Churchill | Prim Minister of Great Britain During WWII, part of the Munich Pact. |
| Non-Aggression Pact | Signed by Germany and the Soviet Union that they wouldn't fight each other. This made it so Germany wouldn't have to fight a two front war, but Germany eventually broke this agreement. |
| Blitzkrieg | "lightening war" A War technique invented and used by Germany |
| Invasion of Poland | Germany blitzkrieg poland |