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Chapter 26 Vocabulary
american history
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History
10th Grade
11/20/2008

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Holocaust
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Name given to the mass slaughter of Jews and other groups by the Nazis during World War II.
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Genocide
Definition
The deliberate destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group
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Internment Camps
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The detention centers where Japanese Americans were moved to and confineed during World War II.
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Disarmament
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Removal of Weapons
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Appeasement
Definition
Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict.
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Mobilization
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Gathering resources and preparing for war.
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Lend-lease
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The act passed during World War II allowing the United States to sell, lend, or lease arms or other war supplies to any nation considered. "Vital to teh defense of the United States."
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Totalitarian
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A political system in which the government suppresses all oppostion and controls most aspects pof people's lives.
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Fascism
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A political system, headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of oppostion.
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Dictator
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A leader who rules with total authority, often in a cruel or brutal manner.
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Island Hopping
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A strategy used during World War II that called for attacking and capturing certain key islands and using these islands as bases to leapfrog to others.
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Kamikaze
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During World War II, a Japanese suicide pilot whose mission was to crash into his target.
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D-Day
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The day on which the Allied forces invaded France during World War II; June 6, 1944.
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Blitzkrieg
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Lightning war
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anti-Semitism
Definition
Hostility toward or discrimination against Jews.
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Ration
Definition
To give out scarce, item on a limited basis.
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