WW2 Flashcards

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Dictator

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A person who rules a country with total authority and often in a cruel or brutal way

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2
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Adolf Hitler

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Fascist leader of Germany

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3
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Benito Mussolini

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Italy’s Fascist dictator

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4
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Joseph Stalin

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Communists dictator of the soviet Union

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5
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Nazism

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German Political belief that believed in Germans ethnic solidarity

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6
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Poland

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Final country Germany invaded before Britain declared war to stop German aggression

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7
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Axis Power

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Italy, Germany and Japan

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8
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Appeasement

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Giving in to demand to avoid conflict

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9
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Nonaggression Pact

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Agreement Hitler signed with the Soviet union that allowed him to invade Poland without soviet retribution

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10
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Domestic Affairs

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Events or problems that happens within your own country

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Neutrality

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Refusing to support either side in an argument or disagreement

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12
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Neutrality Act

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Series of law that kept America out of WWll when it began

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13
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Cash and Carry

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American policy of under while neutral, which sold weapons to nation at war for cash and if they transported the shipments

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14
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Lend-Lease Act

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Program for the united states to supply arms to allies while officially staying out of war

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15
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Gestapo

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A political secret police created by Adolf Hitler to investigate and put down any political opposition.

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Isolationism

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A policy of avoiding contact with other countries

17
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Allied Power

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The name for the alliance formed by Great Britain, France, The Soviet Union, and the United States during world war 2

18
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Antisemitism

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Hostility towards and discrimination against Jews

19
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Fascism

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A Political system based on Nationalism and strong Government ; Adolf Hitler in Germany and Benito Mussolini in Italy were the first fascist leader.

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Totalitarianism

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A system in which the Government controls all aspects of peoples lives