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Chapter 14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Totalitarianism | a theory of government in which a single party or leader controls the economic, social, and cultural lives of its people |
| Joseph Stalin | took Lenins place a head of the communist part. "man of steel" |
| Benito Mussolini | founded the fascist party |
| Adolf Hitler | led the Nazi party, world war I vet, person who teetered on the brink of madness |
| Anti-Semitic | prejudice and discrimination against jewish people |
| Spanish Civil War | bloody conflict that raged from 1936-1939 |
| appeasement | policy of granting concessions in order to keep the peace |
| Anschluss | bunion of germany and austria in 1933 |
| Munich Pact | agreement made between germany , italy, great britain, and france in 1938 that sacrificed the sudetenland to preserve peace |
| blitzkrieg | "lightning war" that emphasized the use of speed and firepower to penetrate deep into the enemy's territory |
| Axis Powers | group of countries led by germany, italy, and japan that fought the allies in World War II |
| Allies | group of countries led by Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union that fought the axis powers |
| Winston Churchill | New prime minister, cautioned parliament, "wars are not won by evacuations." |
| Neutrality Act of 1939 | This provision allowed belligerent nations to buy goods and arms in the United States if they paid cash and carried the merchandise on their own ships |
| Tripartite Pact | agreement that created an alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan |
| Lend-Lease Pact | 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 |
| Atlantic Charter | a joint declaration made in August 1941 by Great Britain and the United Stated, that endorsed national self-determination and an international system of general security |
| Hideki Tojo | 1941 became the Japanese prime minister |
| Pearl Harbor | American military base attacked by the Japanese in December 7, 1941 |
| WAC Womens Army Corp | US Army group established during WWII so that women could serve in noncombat roles |
| Douglas MacArthur | commander of the US army forces in Asia, struggled to hold the US positions in the Philippines with little support |
| Bataan Death March | the forced march of American and Filipino prisoners of war under brutal conditions by the Japanese military |
| Battle of Coral Sea | WWII battle that took place between Japanese and American aircraft carriers |