Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

Chapter 14

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

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  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: K_Higgins01
Popular U.S. History sets