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Term | Definition |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt | President of the US during the Depression and WWII. |
Great Depression | Severe economic downturn that followed the collapse of the US stock market in 1929. |
Atlantic Charter | Declaration of principles issued by Winston Churchill and FDR in August 1941. |
appeasment | giving in to keep the peace |
nazism | german brand of fascism |
new deal | Roosevelt’s program for creating jobs and improving the American economy. |
fascism | Political movement based on nationalism that gives power to a dictator and takes away from individual rights. |
axis powers | gerany italy japan |
winston churchhill | leader of great brit |
isolationism | Belief that political ties with other countries should be avoided. |
blitzkrieg | Warfare in which surprise air attacks are followed by massive attacks on land. |
. Mein Kampf- | Book by Hitler outlining his beliefs and goals for Germany. |
Benito Mussolini | facist leader of italy |
hitler | fascist leader of germany |
allies | Great Britain, France, US, and Russia |
Non-aggression Pact | Agreement that says countries will not attack or invade one another. |
aryans | german people |
pearl harbor | navy base in hawaii attacked by japanese air force |
Dwight Eisenhower | American general who helped drive the Germans out of Africa. |
. Demilitarization | Breaking down armed forces and military. |
D-Day | Huge Allied invasion mounted to retake France from the Germans. |
Battle of Stalingrad | Battle during which the Red Army forced the Germans out of Stalingrad. |
Isoroku Yamamoto | Japanese admiral who decided that the US fleet in Hawaii had to be destroyed. |
Kamikaze | Japanese suicide pilots |
. Douglas MacArthur- | US general who commanded Allied forces in the Pacific. |
Democratization | process of creating a government elected by the people. |