Unit 4 Vocab Cards
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Fascism | a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and has no tolerance for opposition |
| Scapegoat | someone punished for the errors of others |
| Munich Agreement | a symbol of the failed policy of appeasement, this agreement, signed in 1938 allowed Nazi Germany to occupy a part of Czechoslavakia. Rather than appease German aspirations, it was followed by further German expansions, which triggered WWII |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, Japan |
| Allied Powers | Great Britain, France, Russia |
| Isolationist | People who wanted the United States to stay out of world affairs |
| Mein Kampf | 'My Struggle' by hitler, later became the basic book of nazi goals and ideology, reflected obsession |
| Cash and Carry | The agreement by the United States to sell weapons to the Allies as long as they paid in full and carried it away themselves (November 1939) |
| Blitzkrieg | German word meaning lightning war; the swift attacks launch by Germany in World War 2 |
| Pearl Harbor | United States military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan, bringing the United States into World War II. Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. |
| Appeasement | practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war |
| Propaganda | Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause. |
| Gestapo | Nazi secret police |
| Treaty of Versailles | the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans |
| Arsenal of Democracy | Term introduced by President Franklin Roosevelt for America's role in World War II giving supplies to the British war effort. |
| Lend Lease Act | replaced cash and carry; allowed Britain to borrow US war materials |
| War Bonds/ Victory Bonds | Sold by the government to gain money for war efforts and supplies |
| Internment camps | designated areas where Japanese Americans were sent after the attack at Pearl Harbor; fear that they may be spies caused this to happen |
| D-Day | June 6, 1944; Americans and British forces under General Dwight Eisenhower landed on the beaches of Normandy; this was history's greatest naval invasion. (Operation Overlord) |
| Battle of the Bulge | Last German offensive on the Western Front in World War II. Its failure hastened German defeat. |
| Benito Mussolini | Italian fascist dictator |
| Douglas MacArthur | Commander of the U.S. army in the Pacific during WWII |
| George Patton | famous american general who fought in north africa and europe |
| Adolf Hitler | German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945) |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | leader of the Allied forces in Europe during WW2--leader of troops in Africa and commander in DDay invasion-elected president |
| Joseph Stalin | Communist dictator of the Soviet Union |
| Winston Churchill | British prime minister |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | President of the US during Great Depression and World War II |
| What 2 theaters was WWII fought on? | Pacific and European Theaters |
| D-Day was an important turning point because..? | It got the Allied powers Normandy. |
| What pulled the US into WWII? | The bombing of Pearl Harbor |
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