| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Ideology | a set of basic beliefs about life, culture, government, and society |
| Swastika | the emblem of the Nazi party and the German state under Adolf Hitler |
| Third Reich | Hitler's rule of Germany – he bragged that it would last 1,000 years. |
| Brown Shirts | Hitler's private army of supporters, also known as the SA |
| Nuremburg Laws | laws that excluded Jews from Reich citizenship and prohibited them from marrying or having children with "German or related blood" |
| Nuremburg Trials | a series of trials for the prosecution of the prominent leaders of Nazi Germany |
| Mein Kampf | "My Struggle" (book by Hitler) |
| Mussolini | the dictator of Italy and was thrown out of his dictatorship. he called his political movement facism. |
| Hitler Youth | Organizations set up under Hitler to train an educate German young people in Nazi beliefs |
| Propaganda | Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause. |
| Black Shirts | supporters of mussolini, broke up socialist rallies, smashed leftists presses and attacked farmer's cooperatives |
| FDR | President during Great Depression and WWII, most known for social and economic reforms (New Deal) and strong diplomatic rule during WWII |
| Black Tuesday | Oct 29 stocks went down as far as it could go and stocks lost $10-15 billion in value |
| Holocaust | the organized killing of European Jews and others by the Nazis during WWII |
| Kamikaze | a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II |
| Pearl Harbor | American base in Hawaii that was bombed by Japanese planes on December 7, 1941. The bombing of Pearl Harbor forced the United States to enter the war. |
| D-Day | june 6,1944; under dwight d. eisenhower allied forces landed on the beach and was greatest naval invasion. |
| Truman | vice president under FDR who became Pres upon FDR's death and made the decision to drop the atomic bomb |
| Churchill | British Prime Minister who opposed the policy of appeasement and led Great Britain through World War II, |
| Blitzkrieg | "Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939 |
| Communism | economic and political system in which the gov't controls the economy by owning its farms and businesses |
| Facism | political system based on a strong centralized government headed by a dictator |
| Hitler | Nazi leader and founder; had over 6 million Jews assassinated during the Holocaust |
| Nazism | fascist political philosophy of germany under Nazi dictator Hitler |
| Concentration Camps | Prison camps established by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party for Jews and other political prisoners during the war. |
| Atomic Bombs | The United States dropped THESE on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; the led the Japanese to surrender and helped bring and end to WWII |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, Japan |
| The roaring 20's | They have speakeasies. Jazz, Blues, Flappers, and Baseball |
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