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24 Cards in this Set
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TOTALITARIANISM
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A gov’t in which the state has total power
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FASCISM
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A totalitarian gov’t that uses extreme nationalism and racism to unite people
used by Mussolini (in Italy) and Hitler (in Germany) |
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YEARS OF WWII
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1939-1945
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APPEASEMENT
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Giving in to demands to avoid a conflict
Great Britain and France try to appease Hitler by giving him part of Czecholslovakia |
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ANTI-SEMITISM
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Hatred for and discrimination against Jewish people, culture, and religion
Hitler’s tool to unite Germans |
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SCAPEGOAT
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a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place
something/someone to blame so that the REAL problem can be avoided |
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ALLIES (WWII)
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Russia
France United States Great Britain And 43 other countries |
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AXIS POWERS
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Germany
Italy Japan |
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NAZI-SOVIET PACT
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Agreement between Soviet Union and Germany
Would not fight |
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BLITZKRIEG
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“lightning war”
Attack from all (most) sides Attack in all ways (air, land) Surprise |
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NAZISM
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Hitler’s ideas
racist nationalism Hitler's fascism |
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GHETTO
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area of the city that was sealed off from the rest of the city with barbed wire and stone walls-in WWII
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COLLABORATORS
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People who go along with what is happening
People who cooperate with an enemy nation Those who went along with the Nazis, even if they were not anti-Semitic themselves |
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CONCENTRATION CAMP
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A camp (think of a prison) that Nazis used to hold Jewish prisoners
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KRISTALLNACHT
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“Night of Broken Glass”
attack on Jewish owned homes, businesses, and synagogues across Europe |
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NUREMBERG LAWS
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Took all political rights and property from Jews
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HOLOCAUST
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In WWII-Nazi Germany's systematic murder of 6 million Jews and approximately 6 million non-Jews
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GENOCIDE
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The systematic and deliberate murder of a race or ethnic group
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PEARL HARBOR
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December 7, 1941
Japanese attack on the American Navy in Hawaii made us declare war on Japan |
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D-DAY
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June 6, 1944
the Allied invasion of France |
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OPERATION BARBAROSSA
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Nazi invasion of Russia
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HIROSHIMA
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Japanese city that was bombed by the United States
Warned Japan to surrender or face “complete destruction” First use of the atomic bomb |
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V-E DAY
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“Victory in Europe Day”
The war in Europe ended |
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NUREMBERG TRIALS
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Held after WWII for war crimes
Top Nazi officials were given death sentences |
