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World War Looms - Chapter 24 Flashcards

To trace the rise of dictators, the beginnings of war, and the American response in the 1930s.

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Communist dictator of the Soviet Union

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Joseph Stalin

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Government that has complete control over its citizens and puts down all opposition

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Totalitarian

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Fascist dictator of Italy

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Benito Mussolini

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Political system based on a strong, centralized government headed by a dictator

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Fascism

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Nazi dictator of Germany

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Adolf Hitler

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Fascist political philosophy of Germany under Nazi dictator Hitler

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Nazism

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Fascist dictator of Spain

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Francisco Franco

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Laws passed by Congress to ban the sale of arms or loans to nations at war

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Neutrality Acts

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Prime minister of Great Britain before World War II

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Neville Chamberlain

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Prime minister of great Britain during World War II

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Winston Churchill

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Trying to pacify an aggressor in order to keep the peace

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Appeasement

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Agreement between Germany and Russia not to fight each other

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Nonaggression pact

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Lightning war strategy used by Germany against Poland

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Blitzkrieg

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Head of the French government in exile in England

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Charles de Gaulle

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Systematic murder of 11 million Jews and other people in Europe by the Nazis

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Holocaust

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Name given the night of November 9, 1938, when Nazis in Germany attacked Jews, their businesses, and their synagogues

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Kirstallnacht

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Deliberate and systematic killing of an entire people

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Genocide

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A segregated neighborhood

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Ghetto

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Prison camps operated by the Nazis where Jews and other were starved while doing slave labor, or murdered

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Concentration camp

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Alliance formed by Germany, Italy, and Japan

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Axis Powers

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Law that allowed lending or leasing arms to any nation “whose defense was vital to the United States”

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Lend-Lease Act

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British and American statement of goals for fighting World War II

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Atlantic Charter

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Group of nations, including the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union, who opposed the Axis powers

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Allies

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Prime minister of Japan during World War II

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Hideki Tojo

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