Chapter 24 Terms Flashcards
Fascism
A political based system on militarism, extreme nationalism, and blind loyalty to the state and its leader
Aggression
A warlike act by one country against another without cause
Appeasement
A policy of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war
Totalitarian state
A nation in which a single party controls the government and every aspect of its people’s lives
Total war
A conflict involving not just armies but entire nations
Rationing
The act of setting limits on the amount of scarce goods people can buy
Intern
Temporarily imprison
Braceros
Mexican laborers
Island hopping
American forces captured some Japanese-held islands and go around others
Kamikaze
Suicide pilots crashed their planes into american ships
Genocide
The deliberate attempt to wipe out an entire nation
War crimes
Wartime acts of cruelty and brutality that are judged to be beyond the rules of war and human accepted behavior