appeasement
yielding to an enemy’s demands in order to maintain peace
munich pact
the 1938 agreement in which britain and france appeased hitler by agreeing that germany could annex the sudentenland a german speaking region of czechoslovakia
totalitarianism
a system in which h the government totally controls all aspects of a society including the economy
fascism
a political movement based on an extreme nationalism in which the state comes first and the individuals liberty second
nazism
a form of fascism that promoted the belief that germans and other nordic people were superior to other races
spanish civil war
a civil war from 1936-1939 in which the spanish military and its right wing allies known as the nationalists overthrew spains democratic republic
neutrality acts
legislation passed by congress in 1936 and 1937 designed to keep the united states out of european conflicts such as the spanish civil war
blitzkrieg
lightning war, the german military strategy during ww1 of attacking without warning
mobilization
the assembling of troops and equipment for war
puppet government
a government that is run by citizens of a conquered country who carry out the policies of the conqueror
lend lease act
legislation passed by congress in 1941 adopting a plan to lend arms to britain
war production board
the federal agency set up to manage the conversion of industries to military production during ww2
gross domestic product
the gross national product excluding the value of net income earned abroad
price controls
a system of legal restrictions on the prices charged for goods
gls
a nickname for us soldiers during ww2 derived from the government issue label on many of their supplies
internment camp
a center for confirming people who have been relocated for reasons of national security
executive order 9066
an executive order issued by FDR in 1942 allowing internment camps to be set up to exclude current residents believed to be a threat to security
korematsu vs us
the 1944 supreme court decision declaring that the government had the right to keep japanese americans in internment camps
women’s army corps
a woman unit of the us army established in 1942
double v campaign
a campaign in which black leaders called for all citizens to fight against racism by seeking a double victory. a victory for democracy at home and abroad
tuskegee airmen
a group of army air corps pilots and support for crews. established in 1941 as the first black combat unit
war refugee board
an agency created in 1944 that arranged for Jewish refugees to stay at centers in Italy and North Africa as well as informer army camps in the US 
allies
the countries that fought against the central powers during ww1 and the countries that fought against the axis powers during ww1
axis powers
the alliance between germany italy and japan during ww1
