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37 Cards in this Set
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Fascim
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A totalitarian government that relies on extreme nationalism and racism to unite people
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Years Of World War 2
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1939-1945
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Anti-Semitism
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Hatred for and discrimination against Jewish people, culture, and religion
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Appeasement
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Giving into demands to avoif a conflict
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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
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Alies World War 2
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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. Split up Eastern Europe and Poland
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Blizkrieg
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Attack from all sides
Plan to finish the job quickly |
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Nazism
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Hitler's Idea for Racist Nationalism.
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Collaborators
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People who go along with what's happening
People who cooperate with an enemy nation. |
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Ghetto
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Area of the city that was sealed off from the rest
One racial or ethnic or minority group, a segregated neighborhood |
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Concentration Camp
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A camp that Nazi's used to hold Jews prisoners.
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Kristallnacht
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Attack on Jewish owned homes, business, and synagogues, across Europe.
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Holocaust
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In World War 2 Nazi Germany systematic murder of 6 million 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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Nurember Laws
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Took all political rights and property from Jews
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Pearl Harbor
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Japan's attack on Hawaii
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3rd Reich
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Nazi Germany, 3rd Great Britain society
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Adolf Hitler
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Leader of Nazi Germany
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Joseph Stalin
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Dictator of USSR.
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Emperor Hirohito
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Emperor of Japan during WWII
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D-day
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The Allied invasion of France
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Operation Barbarossa
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Nazi invasion of Russia
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V-E Day
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Victory in Europe Day
The war in Europe Ended |
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Charles De Gaulle
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Leader of the Free French Forces
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Battle Of Midway
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Critical battle in the Pacific
Between US and Japan |
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Benito Mussolini
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Fascist leader of Italy
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Weimar Republic
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Germany after WWI
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Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
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The agreement between Italy, Germany, and Japan to create an Alliance.
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Winston Churchill
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Prim Minister of the UK during WWII
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Lend Lease Act
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The program under which USA supplied the Allied nations with material between 1941-1945
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United Nations
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Remake off the League of Nations, but stronger.
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Tresty of Versailles
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Thw agreement made at the end of WW1
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Reparations
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Payment for damages. Usually paid by the government
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Paris Peace Conference
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The meeting between the Allies to come up with the Treaty Of Versailles
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Totalitarianism
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A government in which the state has total power.
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