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US History
Goal 10 - The Coming of WWII
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11th Grade
04/05/2011

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Kellog Briand Pact
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an attempt to prevent WWII that basically "outlawed" war as an instruent of national policy
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Facism
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totalitariansm or a belief in strong, centralized government led by a dictator, severe economic and social control
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Adolph Hitler
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leader of the Nazi Party who wrote a book about hatred of Jews and world domination
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Benito Mussolini
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founder of the Facist party who believed in strong central governmsnt
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Joseph Stalin
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Communist party president before WWII who led by fear and intimidation
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Third Reich
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another name for Germany during the rule of Hitler and the Nazi Party
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Quarantine Speech
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controversial speech given FDR; caused Americans to fear involvement with other nations
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Munich Pact
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an agreement between Britain, France and Germany that allowed Hitler to take over Sudetenland
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Non-aggression Pace
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an agreement between the Soviet Union and Germany in which the two countries agreed to conquer and divide Poland
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Blitzkrieg
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means "lightning war" and is a 'sudden attack' strategy used in war
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Winston Churchill
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Prime Minister of Great Britain during and after WWII
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Neutrality Acts
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an FDR inspired law that allowed America to remain neutral at the beginning of WWII, but still help allies by providing weapons on a "cash and carry" basis
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Land Lease Act
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pre-WWII to allies that allowed FDR to allow allies access to any defense article he thought necessary for defense of the US
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Selective Service Act
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this act created the first peacetime conscription in United States History
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Four Freedoms
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ideals FDR belived Americans should fight for: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freesom from fear, and freedom from want
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Battle for Britain
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an air campaign waged by the German Luftwaffe aimed and gaining control of British airways during WWII
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Pearl Harbor
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an surpise air attack on the United States by Japan that caused American to officially enter WWII
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WACS/WAVES/WASPS
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