Chapter 34/35 Vocab Flashcards
What is fascism
An extreme nationalism in which the state comes first and individuals liberty is secondary
What is totalitarianism
A system in which the government totally controls all aspects of a society including the economy
What is nazism
A form of fascism that promoted the belief that Germans and other Nordic people’s were superior to other races
What is the Spanish civil war
A civil war from 1936 to 1939 in the which the Spanish military and its right-wing known as the nationalists, overthrew Spain’s democratic republic
What is the neutrality acts
Legislation passed by congress in 1936 and 1937 designed to keep the United States out of European conflicts, such as the Spanish civil war
What is mobilization
The assenbling of troops and equipment for war
What is the puppet government
A government that is run by citizens of a conquered country who carry out the policies of the conqueror
What is the lend-lease Act
Legislation passed by congress in 1941 adopting a plan to lend arms to Britain
What is rationing
A system for limiting the food, gasoline and other goods
What is the war production board
The federal agency set up to manage the conversation of industries to military production during World War II
What is Gross Domestic Product
The total value of the goods and services produced in a country in a year
What is price control
A system of legal restrictions on the prices charged for goods
What is the executive order 9066
Executive order issued by FDR allowing internment camps to be set us to exclude current residents believed to be a treat to security
What is the korematsu vs U.S
Supreme Court decision de carling that the government had the right to keep Japanesse American in internment camps
