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Mastering the TEKS in World History: Ch. 18
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1.
Adolf Hitler
This dictator was the leader of the Nazi Party.
He believed that strong leadership was
required to save Germanic society, which was
at risk due to Jewish, socialist, democratic, and
liberal forces.
13.
Holocaust
Nazis' program during World War II to kill
people they considered undesirable. Some
6 million Jews perished during the
Holocaust, along with millions of Poles,
Gypsies, Communists, Socialists, and others.
2.
Albert
Einstein
German-born physicist who helped persuade
Roosevelt to develop the atomic bomb
14.
Joseph Stalin
3.
Allied
powers
Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United
States, and France during World War II.
Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as
head of the Communist Party and created a
totalitarian state by purging all opposition
(1879-1953)
4.
appeasement
granting concessions to an aggressor hoping
to avoid war; policy by which Czechoslovakia,
Great Britain and France agreed to
Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland in
agreement for not taking any additional
Czech territory.
15.
Nazi Party
German political party joined by Adolf
Hitler, emphasizing nationalism, racism, and
war. When Hitler became chancellor of
Germany in 1933, the Nazi Party became
the only legal party and an instrument of
Hitler's absolute rule.
5.
atomic
bomb
Bomb that changed the world, ended WWII in
Japan, created a nuclear arms race between
U.S. and Soviet Union, bomb dropped by an
American bomber on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki destroying both cities
16.
Normandy
landing
(June 1944) Allied troops, in the largest
amphibious assault in history, landed at
Normandy in an attempt to retake France
from the Nazis. Also known as Operation
Overlord or D-Day.
6.
Axis powers
Alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during
World War II.
17.
Nuremberg
Trials
7.
Benito
Mussolini
Fascist dictator of Italy (1922-1943). He led
Italy to conquer Ethiopia (1935), joined
Germany in the Axis pact (1936), and allied
Italy with Germany in World War II. He was
overthrown in 1943 when the Allies invaded
Italy. (p. 786)
Series of trials in 1945 conducted by an
International Military Tribunal in which
former Nazi leaders were charged with
crimes against peace, crimes against
humanity, and war crimes. It showed that
people were responsible for their actions
even during wartime
18.
Pearl Harbor
United States military base on Hawaii that
was bombed by Japan, bringing the United
States into World War II. Pearl Harbor was
attacked on December 7, 1941.
19.
totalitarianism
a form of government in which the ruler is
an absolute dictator who controls all aspects
of life (not restricted by a constitution or
laws or opposition etc.)
20.
United Nations
International organization founded in 1945
to promote world peace and cooperation. It
replaced the League of Nations.
21.
Weimar
Republic
Was the democratic government which
ruled over Germany form 1919 to 1933. Was
Germany's first democracy and it failed
miserably. It had leaders such as
Stresseman and Hindenburg.
22.
Winston
Churchill
A noted British statesman who led Britain
throughout most of World War II and along
with Roosevelt planned many allied
campaigns. He predicted an iron curtain
that would separate Communist Europe
from the rest of the West.
8.
blitzkrieg
German lightning warfare. Characterized by
highly mobility and concentrated forces at
point of attack.
9.
fascism
A system of government characterized by
strict social and economic control and a strong,
centralized government usually headed by a
dictator. First found in Italy by Mussolini.
10.
Gestapo
the secret police force of the German nazi
state, notorious for its terrorism and brutality
11.
Great
Depression
a severe, world wide economic crisis which
lasted from the end of 1929 to the outbreak of
World War II; large nunbers of businesses
failed workers were unemployed
12.
Hideki Tojo
This general was premier of Japan during
World War II while this man was dictator of the
country. He gave his approval for the attack
on Pearl Harbor and played a major role in
Japan's military decisions until he resigned in
1944