American History Word Scramble
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Key Terms and Names | Definitions and Identities |
Joseph Stalin | Dictator of the Soviet Union |
totalitarian | type of government; no rights, death to opposition |
Benito Mussolini | Dictator of Italy |
fascism | type of government; places nationalism above individual interests; extreme patriotism |
Adof Hitler | Dictator of Germany |
Nazism | German fascism |
Francisco Franco | Dictator of Spain |
Neutrality Acts | Laws passed to ban the sale of guns to nations at war |
Neville Chamberlain | British prime minister; signed the Munich Agreement |
Winston Churchill | British prime minister during WWII |
appeasement | giving up principles to pacify and aggressor |
nonaggression pact | an agreement to not go to war against each other |
blitzkrieg | war tactic; spreading terror and confusion; lightening war |
Charles de Gualle | French general; set up French government in exile |
Holocaust | the systematic murder of 11 million people in Europe |
Kristallnacht | "Night of broken glass" Jewish homes, synagogues, and businesses attacked |
genocide | the systematic killing of an entire population |
ghetto | segregated neighborhood |
concentration camp | labor camps |
Axis powers | Germany, Italy, Japan |
Lend-Lease Act | a plan to lend or lease supplies to countries whose defense was vital to the U.S. |
Atlantic Charter | a joint declaration of arms by Britain and U.S. |
Allies | nations fighting the axis powers |
Hideki Tojo | Cheif of Staff of Japan's army |
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