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chapter14 vocab
chapter 14 vocab(23 words)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. totalitarianism | a theory of government in which a single party or leader controls the economic, social, and cultural lives of its people |
| 2. Joseph Stalin | took Lenin`s place as the head of the communist party. in Russia, Stalin means " means man of steal" |
| 3. Benito Mussolini | (July 29, 1883 – April 28, 1945) was an Italian who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism. He became the Prime Minister of Italy in 1922 and began using the title Il Duce by 1925. |
| 4. Adolf Hitler | Hitler: German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945). |
| 5. anti-Semitic | prejudice and discrimination against Jewish people |
| 6. Spanish Civil War | nationalist forces led by General Franco rebelled against the democratic Republican government of Spain |
| 7. appeasement | policy of granting concession in order to keep the peace |
| 8. Anschluss | union of Germany and Austria in 1933 |
| 9. Munich pact | agreement made between Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France in 1938 that sacrificed the Sudetenland to preserve peace |
| 10. blitzkrieg | or sudden attack, hit Poland from three direction blitzkrieg mean lighting war |
| 11. Axis Power | eventually included Germany, Italy, Japan, and several other nation |
| 12. Allies | included Britain, France, Soviet Union, United States, and China |
| 13. Winston Churchill | 13. minster WINSTON CHURCHILL cautioned Parliament,"wars are not won by evacuation" |
| 14. Neutrality Act of 1939 | act that allowed nations at war to buy goods and arms in the united states if they paid cash and carried the merchandise on their own ship |
| 15. Tripartite Pact | 15. agreement that created an alliance between Germany, Italy,and Japan during ww2 |
| 16. Lend-Lease Act | 16. 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 united states |
| 17. Atlantic Charter | a joint declaration made in August 1941 by Great Britain and that endorsed national self determination an international system general security |
| 18. hideki Tojo | became the Japanese prime minster |
| 19. Peal Harbor | Hawaii, the site of the united states Navy`s main Pacific base |
| 20. W.A.C | in 1943 to provide clerical workers, truck drivers, instructors,for us army |
| 21. Douglas MacArthur | commander of us army forces in Asia, struggled to hold the us position in the Philippines with little support |
| 22. Bataan Death March | during WW2 , the forced of the Americans and Filipino Prisoners of war under brutal condition by the Japanese military |
| 23. Battle of Coral Sea | WW2 battle that took place between Japanese and American aircraft carriers |