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16 Cards in this Set
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dictator
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Leader who controls a nation by force
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fascism
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Extreme nationalism and racism
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anti-Semitism
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Hatred of Jews
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totalitarian
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State in which a single party and its leader suppress all opposition and control
all aspects of people’s lives |
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appeasement
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Policy used in negotiations, giving one side a portion of what it wants in an
attempt to compromise |
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blitzkrieg
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Swift and fierce military offensive or “lightning war”
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Lend-Lease
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Act approved by Congress in 1941 that allowed the United States
to sell, lend, or lease arms or other war supplies to any nation considered “vital to the defense of the United States” |
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disarmament
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Giving up military weapons
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mobilization
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Military and civilian preparations for war
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ration
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Limited number of resources or goods that may be purchased
by consumers |
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internment camp
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Detention centers located mostly in desert areas
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D-Day
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June 6, 1944—the day Allied ships landed on the coast of Normandy, France
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genocide
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Wiping out an entire group of people
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Holocaust
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Period of Nazi genocide against Jewish people during which as many as 6 million
Jews died |
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island hopping
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American military strategy for attacking and capturing certain key islands
in the Pacific and using them as bases to move closer to Japan |
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kamikaze
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Suicide pilot who crashes a plane loaded with explosives
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