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Ch. 17 & 18 Vocab
Mr. Ritzie's vocab quiz is on Friday.
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History
9th Grade
10/27/2009

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Totalitarian
Definition
a government that exersts total control over the citizens lives.
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Fascism
Definition
political philosiphy that emphizes the importants of the nation or an ethnic group.
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Appeasement
Definition
policy of giving in to competetors demands
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Axis Powers
Definition
Germany, Italy, & Japan.
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Allied Powers
Definition
Russia, France, Serbia, & Great Britain.
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blitzkrieg
Definition
Kind of warfare emphizing rapid and regonized movement.
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Neutrality Acts
Definition
1939, laws designed to keep the United States out of future wars.
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America First Committee
Definition
Group formed to block further aid to britian.
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Lend-Lease Act
Definition
Law authorized the president to aid any nation.
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GI's
Definition
Term used for american soldiers in world war II.
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Selective Training & Service Act
Definition
law requiring all males, 21 to 36 to regizter for the military.
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Office of War Mobilization
Definition
Feederal ageny formed to coordinate related to war production.
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Atlantic Charter
Definition
Agreement signed to outline the two nations.
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D-Day
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code name for the allied invasion of france.
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anti-semitism
Definition
Hostility or discrimination toward jews.
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Holocaust
Definition
Nazi German's systematic attempt to murder all european jews.
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Genocide
Definition
Organized killing of an entire people.
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Geneva Convention
Definition
a set of international standards of conduct for treating prisoners of war.
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island-hopping
Definition
a military stradgedy used during world warII.
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kamikaze
Definition
a japanese suside plane.
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Manhattan Project
Definition
Secret american program to develop an atomic bomb.
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CORE
Definition
Organization founded by pacifists, to promote racial equality.
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Nisei
Definition
A japanese american whose parents were born in japan.
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Interned
Definition
Confined.
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"Rosie the Riveter"
Definition
is a cultural icon of the United States.
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ration
Definition
to restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce good.
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War Production Board
Definition
was to regulate the production and allocation of materials
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Office of Price Administration
Definition
to stabilize prices & rents.
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National War Labor Board
Definition
agency to make a deal between workers and employers
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