World War II Vocab Review Flashcards
Facism
Political system headed by a dictator in which the government controls business and labor and opposition is not permitted
Aggression
A warlike act by one country without just cause
Nazi
A member of the National Socialist German Worker’s Party
Scapegoat
A person or group who is made to bear blame for others
Concentration camp
A prison camp for civilians who are considered enemies of the state
Totalitarian state
a country where a single party controls the government and every aspect of people’s lives
Neutrality Acts
A series of laws that banned arms sales or loans to countries at war
Good Neighbor Policy
Strengthen friendly relations with Latin America
Munich Conference
A meeting of Britain, France, Italy and Germany which an agreement was signed giving part of Czechoslovakia to Hitler
Appeasement
Giving into aggression in order to avoid war
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Agreement between Hitler and Stalin where the two dictators agreed not to attack each other
Blitzkrieg
Swift and powerful German military attack in WWII; “lightning war.”
Axis
WWII alliance of Germany, Italy, Japan, and 6 other nations
Allies
WWII alliance of Britain, France, Soviet Union, US, China, and 45 other countries
Battle of Britain
Germany’s failed attempt to subdue Britain in 1940 in preparation for invasion
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed US to sell arms and equipment to Britain during WWII
Atlantic Charter
Program developed by US and Britain that set goals for the postwar world
War Production Board
Government agency during WWII to help factories shift from making consumer goods to making war materials
Rationing
Limits the amount of goofed that can be bought
Victory Garden
A vegetable garden planted to combat US food shortages
Tuskegee Airmen
African American fighter pilots who trained in Tuskegee, Alabama during WWII
Internment
Temporary imprisonment of members of a specific group
Bracero Program
Recruitment of Mexican laborers to work in the US during WWII
Battle of Midway
1942 battle in the Pacific where American planes sank 4 Japanese aircraft carriers
Operation Overlord
Code name for the Allied invasion of Europe in 1944
Battle of the Bulge
German counterattack in December 1944 that temporarily slowed the allied invasion of Germany
Island-Hopping
Allied strategy of capturing Japanese-held Islands to gain control of the Pacific
Concentration Camp
Prison camp for civilians who are considered enemies of the state
Death camp
Camp where people were systematically murdered
Holocaust
Slaughter of Europe’s Jews by the Nazis before and during WWII
Nuremberg Trials
Nazi war crimes held in 1945 and 1946
