chapter 23 Flashcards
communism
economic and political system
Vladimir lenin
the Bolshevik leader
fascism
a political philosophy based on nationalism
the Allies
great britain and france
Axis Powers
Germany Italy And Japan
Franklin Roosevelt
the president of the u.s in the 1940s
Holocaust
the effort to wipe out the jewish people
genocide
the deliberate destruction of people
Cold War
a period of tense rivalry between the superpowers but no direct fighting
Mayo Zedong
formed a communist government in China
Mohandas Gandhi
led a growing independence in India
ideologies
systems of belief
Korean War
the war between the North and South Koreans
Vietnam War
communist wanted to overthrow the south
Ronald Reagan
he was expanding the U.S.
Mikhail Gorbachev
saw serious problems facing his country with eastern Europe
terrorism
criminal activity involving the use of violence
