Terms Flashcards
Inflation
When a lot of money is printed
Loses it’s value
Prices rise
Weimar Republic
The government of Germany post ww1
Very weak
Faced opposition from both sides
Reichstag fire
Fire started to meeting place of the parliament by communist brick layer
Hitlers opportunity to blame all communists
Rhineland
Strip of land between Germany and France
Due to treaty Germany had to stay off
Hitler took over the land though
Anschluss
A union with Germany
Hitler tried to form this with Austria
Sudetenland
Land that surrounds Czechoslovakia
Hitter encouraged Germans living there to revolt against Czech government
Munich conference
France, Great Britain, Italy, and Germany met here
Great Britain and France trying to get Germany and Italy to stop taking over lands
Leaders used appeasement for peace
Appeasement
Giving in to aggression to make peace
Non-aggression pact
Agreement between hitter and Stalin
Neither side would attack each other
Russia would receive part of Poland
Blitzkrieg
“Lightening war” in German
To quickly rush into a country throwing everything at them so they can’t defend against it
Sitzkrieg
“Phony war” in German
The winter of 1939-1940 that Germany did not attack
They were planing their war
Maginot line
Line of defenses set up by the French
Very ineffective
Germany just went around it
Evacuation of Dunkirk
Thousands of allied troops were trapped at the port Dunkirk
340,000 troops were evacuated from Dunkirk
Hitler screwed up by letting them go
Vichy France
Areas of France that were not occupied by nazis, but were controlled by French rulers sworn to cooperate with hitler.
French resistance
Civilians that caused resistance in areas of France under nazi control.
Isolationist
People who did not want to get involved with other countries affairs
Pacifist
People who do not believe in military force.
Interventionist
People who believe in intervening in conflicts around the world
FDR
Neutrality act
Act passed that prevented us from getting involved in the war
Quarantine speech
Speech made by FDR stating that we should be friends with GB and France and cut off trade and such with Germany Italy and Japan.
Cash and carry policy
Allowed other countries to come to America and buy weapons with cash then take them back to their country
Lend lease act
Allowed the British to borrow weapons from us and either pay us back later or trade something of equal value
Atlantic charter
Secret meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill to talk about opposing the axis powers
Convoy system
System used by US and Britain to carry supplies across Atlantic
Supply ships in middle, battle ships around perimeter
Liberty ships
Henry kaiser modified fords assembly line to make ships
Could produce one every 4 1/2 days - very fast
Rosie the riveter
Propaganda character
Used toward women
Told them to get jobs in factories and help the cause
Bracero program
Program allowed Mexicans to come to America to work in our factories
Zoot suit riots
Riots caused by racial tensions in US with Hispanics
Exec. Order 9066
Put the Japanese Americans in internment camps
Big three
Stalin
Churchill
Roosevelt
Tehran conference
1943 - first conference between these three
Discuss battle plans
Tensions between Russia and Great Britain/America begin
Great Britain and America agree to have an invasion on France by summer of 1944, request invasion to the east by Russia to divert attention
Anti semitism
Prejudice against Jews
Hitler was anti semitist
