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World War II
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dictator | A ruler who has complete power over a country |
| Totalitarian | referring to a form of government in which one person or party holds absolute control and you have to follow everything they say |
| Communism | Political ideology where social classes are abolished, all property is publicly owned and shared, and the government controls the economy |
| Fascism | A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition |
| Nazi Party | German political party joined by Adolf Hitler, emphasizing nationalism, racism, and war. When Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Nazi Party became the only legal party and an instrument of Hitler's absolute rule. |
| Adolf Hitler | Dictator of Germany; Leader of the Nazis |
| Benito Mussolini | Fascist Dictator of Italy who served as Prime Minister |
| Hideki Tojo | Prime Minister/dictator of Japan |
| Joseph Stalin | Communist dictator of the Soviet Union |
| Appeasement | Policy of giving in to an aggressive country's demands to avoid war. Practiced by Britain when they let Germany take part of Czechoslovakia |
| Neutrality Acts | 4 laws passed in the late 1930s that were designed to keep the US out of international incidents |
| Cash and Carry | policy adopted by the United States in 1939 to preserve neutrality while aiding the Allies. Britain and France could buy goods from the United States if they paid in full and transported them. |
| Lend-Lease Act | allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the U.S |
| Pearl Harbor | Navy base in Hawaii that was attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941. Led to the U.S. joining World War II |
| Kamikaze | Japanese suicide pilots who loaded their planes with explosives and crashed them into American ships. |
| Allied Powers | United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, Japan |
| Island Hopping | Strategy of Allies in World War 2 of capturing some Japanese-held islands and going around others |
| D-Day | Refers to the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Allied forces stormed the beaches of the north coast of France to start pushing the Nazis back. Served as a major turning point in the war. |
| Homefront | The efforts by people back home in the United States to support the war effort |
| Military Recruitment | Getting people to enlist, or sign up for service, in the military |
| Draft | A law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military if you are called |
| Wartime Production | Factories producing mass amounts of weapons, supplies, and equipment. Factories were often converted. For example, car factories started making tanks and airplanes. |
| Rationing | Restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military |
| Tuskegee Airmen | Famous segregated unit of African-American pilots during World War II |
| Japanese Internment | Japanese Americans were relocated away from the west coast of the United States and forced to live in internment camps. Started by Executive Order 9066 |
| Atomic Bomb | Bomb dropped by an American bomber on Hiroshima and Nagasaki destroying both cities |
| Holocaust | The Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler |
| United Nations | An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation. |
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