Am. History - Unit 4: WW2
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| Totalitarian | A government that exerts total control over the nation and its citizens' lives
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| Fascism | A type of totalitarian government that emphasizes the importance of the nation or an ethnic group, and the supreme authority of the leader over that of the individual
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| Nazism | An extreme form of fascism shaped by Adolf Hitler's fanatical ideas about German nationalism, racial superiority, expansionism, and government control of the economy
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| Axis Powers | In WW2, Germany, Italy, and Japan
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| Appeasement | Policy of giving in to a competitor's demands in order to preserve peace and prevent a war
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| Blitzkrieg | Kind of warfare emphasizing rapid and mechanized movement; used by Germany during WW2
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| Allies | In WW2, the alliance of Great Britain, the U.S., the Soviet Union, and other nations
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| Manchurian Incident | In 1931, Japanese troops, claiming that Chinese soldiers had tried to blow up a railway line, took matters in their own hands by capturing many southern Manchurian cities and by continuing to take over the country even after Chinese troops had withdrawn
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| Neutrality Acts | 1939 laws designed to keep the U.S. out of disputes or wars
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| Cash and carry | WW2 policy requiring nations at war to pay cash for all non-military goods and to be responsible for transporting the goods from the U.S.
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| Lend-Lease Act | 1941 law that authorized the President to aid any nation whose defense he believed was vital to American security
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| Communism | A type of totalitarian government that gives the government complete ownership of land and property to use for the common good
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| Militarism | A type of totalitarian government that emphasizes the importance of the military, those that serve in the military, and having a military ready for war
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| Isolationism | Policy of avoiding political or economic alliances with other countries
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| Disarmament | An agreement between nations of the world to voluntarily reduce or give up their stockpile of weapons
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| Rationing | Distributing goods to citizens in fixed amounts
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| War Bond | Certificate sold by the government to raise money to support the war effort
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| Internment | The imprisonment or confinement of people (usually a specific group of people) without a trial
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| Genocide | Committing acts of violence that are intended to destroy all or part of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group
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| Holocaust | The genocide of approximately 6 million Jews during World War 2
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| Anti-Semitism | Hostility or discrimination against Jewish people
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