Vocab Flashcards
Define Zionism
Movement of the Jewish people to Palestine
Define Nomad
A person who moves from place to place following seasonal patterns or resources
Define Provisional
Transitional or temporary
Define Bolsheviks
Majority
Define Fascism
Extreme conservative dictatorship
Define Reperations
Compensation for damage done
Define Propaganda
Misleading info used to promote a cause or point of view
Define Untetmenshen
Sub-humans included several groups of people from Eastern Europe including Polish and Jewish communities
Define Anti-Semitism
Prejudice or hostility against Jews
Define Blitzberg
“Lightening warfare” (use speed and surprise tactics)
Define Genocide
Systematic killing of a group of people
Define Ghettos
Segregated parts of a city where Jews were forced to live
Define Marshall Plan
American Aid program to Europe to help rebuild European economies after war
Define Truman Doctrine
Military and economic support for Turkey and Greece by the US to prevent failure that may result in communism
Define Cold War
The politically hostile conditions that existed between the US and Soviet Union from 1945-1990
Define Progressive
Government reformers who believed corruption could be corrected by moral behavior and good laws
Define Suffarage
Right to vote
Define Isolationism
Stay out of other nations affairs except in the defense of the US
Define Red Scare
Period of fear about the potential spread of communism
Define The Great Depression
Period of economic hardship in America during the 1930’s
Define New Deal
Roosevelt’s programs to end the Great Depression (1933-1935)
Define Welfare
Process by which government takes responsibility for the economic security of its people
Define Rationing
To give a fixed amount of something
Define Nisei
Japanese Americans born in US
Define Internment Camps
Area kept under guard
