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Nicole Dorsey
Studying for World War II
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History
9th Grade
03/01/2014

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Joseph Stalin
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Totalitarian leader of the Soviet Union;made AG and industrial growth goals of USSR.
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totalitarian
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government that exerts complete control over its citizens; individuals have no rights
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Benito Mussolini
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Totalitarian leader of Italy; took over government and established a fascist one.
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fascism
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stressed nationalism over individuals; interest of the state is more important. Single strong leader and a few devoted party members.
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Adolf Hitler
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Totalitarian leader of Nazi Germany;used the Nazi party to gain control of Germany; later attempted to take over the world.
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Nazism
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Belief of government that depended on extreme nationalism. Belief in uniting all German-speaking people.
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Francisco Franco
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Military leader of Spain who rebelled against Spanish Republic. Caused civil war.
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Neutrality Acts
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Acts by US to stay out of future wars in 1935. First 2 outlawed arms sales or loans to nations at war; 3rd act expanded to cover nations in civil war (such as Spain)
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Neville Chamberlain
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British Prime Minister who was duped by Hitler by signing over the Sudetenland to Hitler because he believed Hitler would not attack anyone else.
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Winston Churchill
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The British Prime Minister(after Chamberlain)who disagreed that Britain turn over the Sudetenland.
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appeasement
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giving up principles to pacify an aggressor.
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non-aggression pact
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an agreement between Hitler and Stalin to never attack each other.(Aug 23, 1939)2nd pact agreed to divide Poland.
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blitzkrieg
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German term "lightning war". Take the enemy by surprise using fast and quick and overwhelming force.
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Charles de Gaulle
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French General who fled to England and set up a government in exile.
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Holocaust
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systematic murder of 11 million people in Europe, half of whom were Jews.
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Kristalnacht
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Nov 9-10, 1938. Night of Broken Glass. Nazis attacked homes and businesses and synagogues of Jews.
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genocide
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the deliberate and systematic killing of an entire population. Hitler called it "The Final Solution".
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ghettos
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separated Jewish areas in Polish cities, sealed off by barbed wire and stone walls. The Jews were enslaved.
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concentration camps
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labor camps created to round up Jews who were not reached by killing squads. They were shipped to the camps and forced to work.
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