WWII Causes Terms
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| treaty | a written agreement between two states or countries
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| reparations | financial payments by the loser of a war
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| inflation | general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money"
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| unrest | a feeling of restless agitation
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| fascism | a political theory advocating an authoritarian government
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| prosperity | an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment
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| appeasement | the strategic maneuver, that leads to the adopting of a non-aggressive stance towards aggressors.
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| hardship | extreme suffering
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| annex | to incorporate (territory) into an existing political unit such as a country, state, county, or city
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| embargo | a prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation.
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| totalitarianism | political system in which the government controls every aspect of citizens' lives
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| Mussolini | last name of leader who gained complete control of Italy in 1922.
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| Hitler | last name of politician and a WWI veteran who declared that by ridding Germany of Jews, Germany would rise again to greatness.
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| Stalin | last name of the dictator of the Soviet Union in 1928. He terrorized millions of Soviet citizens through imprisonment or killing.
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| Churchill | last name of British admiral who was not convinced that appeasement would stop Hitler. He was known for his "bulldog spirit".
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| Roosevelt | last name of the President of the U.S. at the beginning of WWII.
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| Truman | last name of the President was faced with the challenged of winning the war in the Pacific. He gave the order for atomic bombs to be dropped in Japan.
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| Chancellor | this is the title that Hitler held as the highest position in the German government
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| French | Charles de Gaulle was the political figurehead of the Free French Movement during WWII.
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| Chamberlain | last name of the Prime Minister of Great Britain that attempted the tactic of appeasement in the late 1930s.
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| Tito | last name of the famous loyal resistance leader from Yugoslavia
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| Tojo | last name of the Prime Minister of Japan when the attack on Pearl Harbor took place. He was later executed as a war criminal.
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