Social Studies Chapter 27

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Totalitaraian State

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a single party who controls the government and every aspect of peoples lives

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Fascism

Back 2

political system that is rooted in militarism and blind loyaly to the state

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Aggression

Back 3

a warlike act by one country against another without cause

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Nazis

Back 4

member of National Socialist German Workers Party

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Scapegoat

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a person or group on whom to blame their problems

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Concentration Camps

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prison camps for civilizans who are considered enemies of the state

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Neutralitly Acts

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series of laws passed by congress in 1935 that banned arms sales or loans to countries at war

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Good Neighbor Policy

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President Franklin Roosevelt's policy intended to strengthen friendly relations with latin america

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Munich Conference

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in 1938 meeting of the leaders of briatain france italy and germany at which an agreement was signed giving part of Czechoslovakia to hitler

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Appeasement

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practice of giving in to aggresion in order to avoid war

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Nazi-Soviet Pact

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Agrrement signed between Hitler and Stalin in 1939 in which 2 dictaters areed not to attack each other

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Blitzkreig

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lightening war

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Axis

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World War 2 military alliance of Germany, Italy, Japan & Six Other Nations

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Allies

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World War 2 military alliance of Britain, France, and The Soviet Union the US. China and 45 other countries

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Battle of Britain

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Germanys Failed attempt to subdue Britain in 1940 in preperation for invasion

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Lend-Lease Act

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During worl war 2 the law that alowwed the Unites States to sell arms and equipment to Britain

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Atlantic Charter

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a 1941 program developed by the United States and Britain that set goals for the postwar world

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War Production Board

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government agency created during world war 2 to help factories shift from making consumer goods to war material

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Rationing

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limitations on the certain amount of goods people can buy

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Victory Garden

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during ww2 vegetable garden planted combat food shortages in the U.S

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Rosie The Riveter

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fictional factory worker. symbol of American Womens contribution to the war effort

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Double V Campaign

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Victory over the enemies abroad. victory over discrimination at home

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Tuskagee Airmen

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African American fighter pilots who trained in Tuskagee Alabama

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Compensation

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repayment for loss

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Bracero Program

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the recruiment of Mexican laboreres to work in the United States.

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Battle of Midway

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Sunk 4 Japanese Aircraft Carriers. Kept japan From Attacking Hawii

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Operation Overload

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Invasion of Europe.

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D-Day

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June 6th 1944. 4000 Allies Ships Invaded France and Normandy

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Battle of The Bulge

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Germans Pushed The Allies Back Creating A Bulge in The Front Line

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island hopping

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a stategy of caputring some japanese held island and going around others

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Navako Code-talkers

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Americans own secret language (japanese intercepted)

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Kamikaze

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Suicide missions. pilots loaded old planes with bombsand then deliberatly crashed them into allied ships

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Potsdam Declaration

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Warned Japanese to Surrenfder or Face Prompt and utter destruction.

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Bataan Death March

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10000 Prisoners Died. 75000 Filipinos and Americans marched 65 miles

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Holocaust

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the slaughter of EUROPES JEWS BY THE NAZIS

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Nuremberg Trials

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12 nazi leaders were sentenced to death. thousands of nazi were imprisoned