Term | Definition |
1. totalitarianism | a theory of government in which a single party or leader controls the economic, social, and cultural lives of its people |
2. anti-Semitic | prejudiced against Jewish people |
3. Spanish Civil War | a bloody conflict that raged from 1936 until 1939 |
4. appeasement | policy of granting concessions in order to keep the peace |
5. Anschluss | union of Germany and Austria in 1933 |
6. Munich Pact | agreement made between Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France in 1938 that sacrificed the Sudetenland to preserve peace |
7. blitzkrieg | "lightning war" that emphasized the use of speed and firepower to penetrate deep into the enemy's territory |
8. Axis Powers | group of countries led by Germany, Italy, and Japan that fought the Allies in World War II |
9. Allies | group of countries led by Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union that fought the Axis Powers in World War II |
10. 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 ships |
11. Tripartite Pact | agreement that created an alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II |
12. 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 United States |
13. Atlantic Charter | a joint declaration made in August 1941 by Great Britain and the United States, during the World War II, that endorsed national self-determination and an international system of general security |
14. Pearl Harbor | American military base attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941 |
15. WAC (Women's Army Corps) | U.S. Army group established during World War II so that women could serve in noncombat roles |
16. Bataan Death March | during World War II, the forced march of American and Filipino prisoners of war under brutal conditions by the Japanese military |
17. Battle of Coral Sea | World War II battle that took place between Japanese and American aircraft carriers |