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American History Chapter 27.
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- Adolf Hitler.
- Took advantage of anger about the Versailles Treaty.
- Blitzkrieg.
- Lightning war.
- Joseph Stalin.
- Ruled as a dictator after Lenin's death.
- Battle of Britian.
- German planes dropped bombs on London and other British cities. Hitler gave up his planned invasion of Britian in 1940.
- Edward R. Murrow.
- Radio reporter who saw the fighting firsthand.
- Final Solution.
- Hitler's plan to kill all Jews in Europe.
- Fascist Party.
- Came to power to Italy. Led by Benito Mussolini.
- Annex.
- Took over.
- Aggression.
- Any warlike act by one country against another without just cause.
- Good Neighbor Policy
- FDR. Establishing friendlier relations with Latin American countries.
- Collective Farm.
- Farms that are run by the government.
- Allies.
- Opposing of the axis.
- Totalitarian State.
- A single party controls the government and every aspect of people's lives.
- Nazi-Soviet Pact.
- Hitler and Stalin signed. Which they agreed nott to attack each other.
- Neutrality Acts.
- Laws that banned arms sales or loans to countries at war.
- Winston Churchill.
- New prime minister of Britian. Informed the world that the British people would stand firm.
- Axis.
- Italy, Japan and six other nations would join Germany.
- Haile Selassie.
- Emperor of Ethiopia called on the League of Nations for help.
- Benito Mussolini.
- Seized power in Italy. Played on Indian anger about the Versailles Teaty ending World War I.
- Nazi.
- The National Socialist German Workers' Party.
- Munich Conference.
- Conference where Hitler promised that Germany would seek no further territory once it acquired the Sudetenland.
- Appeasement.
- Giving in to aggression in order to avoid war.
- Nationalism.
- Feeling of patriotic pride and devotion to one's country.
- Concentration Camp.
- A prison camp for civilians who are considered enemies of the state.
- Dictator.
- Ruler who has complete power over a country.