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ch 14 and 15 vocab

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a single party controls the economic , social, and cultural lives of its people.   totalitarianism  
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prejudice and discrimination against Jews   antisemitism  
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franciscos rebellion against the demo republic   Spanish Civil War  
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granting concessions in order to keep the peace   appeasement  
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union of germany and austria   anschluss  
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sacrificed the sudentenland to preserve peace (agreement)   munich pact  
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lightning war   blitzkrieg  
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germany, italy and japan that fought the allies in ww2   axis powers  
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britian, france, us, and soviet union that fought the axis powers   allies  
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allowed nation at war to buy goods and arms in the U.S. if they paid cash and carried the merchandise on their own ships   neutrality act 1939  
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an alliance between germany, italy, and japan   tripartite pact  
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allowed roosevelt to sell or lend war supplies to any country whose defense he considered vital to the safety of the U.S.   lend-lease act 1941  
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a joint declaration made by great britian and the U.S. that endorsed national self-determination and an international system of general security   atlantic charter  
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american military base attacked by the japanese   pearl harbor  
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the march of American and Filipino prisoners of war under brutal condition by the Japanese military   Bataan death march  
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took place between japanese and american aircraft carriers   battle of coral sea  
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provided clerical workers, truck drivers, and lab technitians for the U.S. army   womens army corps  
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giving up completlety without and concessions   uncondiditnal surrender  
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dropping massive bombs to inflict max damage   saturation bombing  
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dropping bombs an specific targets   strategic bombing  
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escorted bombers in the air over Europe   Tuskegee airmen  
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the Japanese advance was stopped in the pacific   battle of midway  
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assured fair hiring practices   executive order 8802  
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brought laborers from mexico to work on american farms   brancero program  
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temporary imprisonment   internment  
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Japanese American Volunteers   442 regimental combat  
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limit on the amount of goods civilians could buy during wartime   rationing  
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encouraged support of the war   owi  
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June 6 1944 the day allies landed on the beaches of France   d-day  
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crippled Germany by using up reserves and demoralizing its troops   battle of bulge  
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seizing selected Japanese-held islands in the pacific   island hopping  
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Japanese pilots who deliberately crashed planes into American ships   kamikaze  
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atomic bomb code name   Manhattan project  
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the systematic murder of Jews   holocaust  
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prejudice and discrimination against Jews   antisemitism  
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denied German citizen ship to Jews   Nuremberg laws  
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organized attacks on jewish communities. night of the broken glass.   kristallnacht  
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annihilation of a racial, political, or cultural group   genocide  
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imprisoned underirable mambers of society   concentration camp  
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camp designed for the extermination of prisoners   death camp  
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agency to save eastern european jews   war refugee board  
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strategy meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin   Yalta conference  
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powerful country that plays a dominant economic. political, and military role.   superpower  
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aimed to lower trade barriers   GATT  
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organization to promote peace   united nations  
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promoted basic human rights and freedoms   universal declaration of human rights  
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the humane treatment of wounded soldiers and prisoners of war   Geneva convention  
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Nazi leaders were charged with war crimes   Nuremberg trials  
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