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Unit 6
World War looms
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Social Studies
12th Grade
01/11/2017

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totalitarian
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characteristic of political system in which government exercises complete control over citizens
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fascism
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philosophy that advocated strong government
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Nazism
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philosophy based on Extreme nationalism and racism that Hitler put into practice
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Neutrality Acts
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series of laws enacted in 1935 to 1936 to prevent Us sales and loans
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appeasement
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granting of concessions to a hostile power in order to create peace
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the nazi-soviet non-aggression pact
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two Nations promise to not go on war on each other
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blitzkrieg
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known as Lightning War which is a sudden massive war to achieve a quick victory
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Axis powers
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Germany Italy and Japan that opposed the allies
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Atlantic Charter
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Declaration of principles in which the United States and Great Britain set goals opposing Axis powers
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allies
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Great Britain United States and the Soviet Union who opposed Axis powers
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Holocaust
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systematic murder of 11 million people. more than half were Jewish
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kristallnacht
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November 9th thru 10th 1938 known as the night of broken glass. Nazis attacked all Jewish homes and synagogues
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genocide
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killing off an entire population
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ghettos
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neighborhood a certain minority is forced to live
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concentration camps
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prison camp where sets of people were sent to be murdered
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