CH 27 Vocab Flashcards WORLD WAR II

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Lightening war Click for Term

Blitzkrieg Lightening war Click for Term

Practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid the war Click for Term

Appeasement Practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid the war Click for Term

Pilots who loaded old planes with bombs and then deliberately crashed them into Allied ships Click for Term

Kamikaze Pilots who loaded old planes with bombs and then deliberately crashed them into Allied ships Click for Term

An electronic device for tracking objects at a distance Click for Term

Radar An electronic device for tracking objects at a distance Click for Term

A fictional (female) character Click for Term

Rosie the Riveter A fictional (female) character Click for Term

A single party controls the government and every aspect of people’s lives. Click for Term

Totalitarian A single party controls the government and every aspect of people’s lives. Click for Term

Prison camps for civilians who are considered enemies of the state Click for Term

Concentration camps Prison camps for civilians who are considered enemies of the state Click for Term

A person or group on whom to blame their problems Click for Term

Scapegoat A person or group on whom to blame their problems Click for Term

A warlike act by one country against another without just cause Click for Term

Aggression A warlike act by one country against another without just cause A warlike act by one country against another without just cause Click for Term

A person who has complete control over a country Click for Term

Dictator A person who has complete control over a country Click for Term

National Socialist Workers Party, Adolph Hitler’s followers Click for Term

Nazi National Socialist Workers Party, Adolph Hitler’s followers Click for Term

Secret attempts at destruction of a nation’s production facilities Click for Term

Sabotage Secret attempts at destruction of a nation’s production facilities Click for Term

Acts that banned arms sales or loans to countries at war (late 1930’s) Click for Term

Neutrality Acts Acts that banned arms sales or loans to countries at war (late 1930’s) Click for Term

Government owned farms in the Soviet Union Click for Term

Collective farms Government owned farms in the Soviet Union Click for Term

US could sell arms to allies but allies had to pay cash for all the goods and carry the arms to their own ships Click for Term

Cash and Carry Laws US could sell arms to allies but allies had to pay cash for all the goods and carry the arms to their own ships Click for Term

1941 – FDR could sell or lend war materials to any country fighting for democracy Click for Term

Lend Lease Act 1941 – FDR could sell or lend war materials to any country fighting for democracy Click for Term

FDR and Churchill’s goals for the post war world Click for Term

Atlantic Charter FDR and Churchill’s goals for the post war world Click for Term

Limitations on the amounts of certain goods that people could buy Click for Term

Rationing Limitations on the amounts of certain goods that people could buy Click for Term

Code name for D-Day, the invasion of German controlled France (executed June 6, 1944) Click for Term

Operation Overlord Code name for D-Day, the invasion of German controlled France (executed June 6, 1944) Click for Term

A strategy of capturing some Japanese-held islands and going around others Click for Term

Island hopping A strategy of capturing some Japanese-held islands and going around others Click for Term