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History Ch.14 Vocab

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1.totalitarianism a theory of gov. in which a single party or leader controls the economic,social,and cultural lives of its people
2.Joseph Stalin head of communist party after the death of Lenin in 1924 in the Soviet Union
3.Benito Mussolini founded the Fascist Party in Italy in 1919
4.Adolf Hitler led the Nazi Party and who was once a WWI solider
5.anti-Semitic prejudice and discrimination against Jewish people
6.Spanish Civil War Nationalist forces led by General Francisco Franco rebelled against the democratic Republican gov. of Spain
7.appeasement policy of granting concessions in order to keep the peace
8.Anschluss the annexation of Austria by Germany
9.Munich Pact agreement made between Germany,Italy,Great Britain, and France in 1938 that sacrificed the Sudetenland to preserve peace
10.blitzkrieg "lightning war" that emphasized the use of speed and firepower to penetrate deep into the enemy's territory
11.Axis Powers group of countries led by Germany, Italy, and Japan that fought the Allies in WWII
12.Allies group of countries led by Britain,France, the U.S., and the Soviet Union that fought the Axis Powers in WWII
13.Winston Churchill prime minister of Britain
14.Neutrality Act of 1939 act that allowed nations at war to buy goods and arms in the U.S. if they paid cash and carried the merchandise on their own ships
15.Tripartite Pact agreement that created an alliance between Germany,Italy,and Japan during WWII
16.Lend-Lease Act act passed in 1941 that allowed President Roosevelt to sell or lend war supplies to any country whose defense he considered vital to the safety of the U.S.
17.Atlantic Charter a joint declaration made in Aug. 1941 by Great Britain and the U.S., during WWII, that endorsed national self-determination and an international system of security
18.Hideki Tojo General who became the Japanese prime minister known as "the Razor" focused on military expansion and keep U.S. neutral
19.Pearl Harbor American military base attacked by the Japanese on Dec. 7, 1941
20.WAC (Women's Army Corps) U.S. Army group established during WWII so that women could serve in noncombat roles
21.Douglas MacArthur General commander of the U.S. Army forces in Asia
22.Bataan Death March during WWII, the forced march of American and Filipino prisoners of war under brutal conditions by the Japanese military
23.Battle of Coral Sea WWII battle that took place between Japanese and American aircraft carriers
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