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18 Cards in this Set
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Totalitarianism |
Theory of government in which one person or party controls all aspects of life. |
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Adolf Hitler |
Dictator who wanted to unite all Germanic people into one state |
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Appeasement |
Granting concessions to a potential enemy to maintain peace |
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Blitzkrieg |
German term "Lightning war" |
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Winston Churchill |
British P. M. Who said that Nazi aggression threatened all democracies |
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Neutrality Act of 1939 |
US law allows Allied Nations in WWII to purchase materials from neutral US |
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Isolationists |
Americans that wanted to stay out of WWII |
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Interventionists |
Americans who wanted to get into WWII |
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Hideki Tojo |
Japanese P. M. And general, that staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor |
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Emperor Hirohito |
Supreme Leader of the Japanese Empire |
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Tripartite |
Formal Alliance between Germany, Italy, & Japan (creates Axis Powers) |
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Executive Order 8802 |
FDR order that assures fair hiring practices in any job funded by government $ for the war effort |
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Island Hopping |
US strategy used for capturing strategic pacific locations |
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442nd Regimental Combat Team |
Regiment of Japanese American troops that serve with honor against Italians |
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Tuskegee Airman |
Famous African American Squadron |
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Yalta Conference |
Feb 1945 meeting of Big 3 (FDR, churchill, Stalin) about how Post-war plans would be conducted |
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Genocide |
Willful annihilation of a racial, political, or cultural group |
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D-Day |
Allies landing in France taking important step toward reaching Berlin |
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