Rise of Dictatorship

Francisco Franco

dictator of Spain in 1939

dictator

a ruler with absolute power

aggression

the action of a state in violating by force the rights of another state, particularly its territorial rights

totalitarianism

a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

Joseph Stalin

A cruel Communist ruler of the Soviet Union in WWII, he leads Soviet Union from a peasant country to world superpower.

Adolf Hitler

An extremely nationalist ruler of Germany and the leader of Nazi Party, responsible for WWII and the slaughter of over 6 million Jews

Benito Mussolini

was the Prime Minister of Italy from 1922 to 1943 and the leader of Fascist party. Alliance with Hitler and Japan in WWII.

appeasement

Giving the enemy what they want to avoiding conflict

neutrality

an act of not supporting any sides in a conflict

Anschluss

Annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany.

Neville Chamberlain

The prime minister of Great Britain who was famous at making appeasement to Hitler to avoid war

fascism

an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.

anti-sematic

prejudice againist Jews

Munich Pact

one of appeasement between Hitler and Chamberlain that given Germany a portion of Czechoslovakia

Winston Churchill

One of the "Big Three" of the Alliance Power in WWII, as a prime minister of Great Britain

Munich Conference

1938 conference at which European leaders attempted to appease Hitler by turning over the Sudetenland to him in exchange for promise that Germany would not expand Germany's territory any further.

Neutrality Act of 1939

this act proclaimed US neutrality in name only; the US provided weapons to european allies on a cash-and-carry basis

Lend-Lease Act

Approve by Congress in March 1941; The act allowed America to sell, lend or lease arms or other supplies to nations considered "vital to the defense of the United States."

FDR

32nd President of the United States, Roosevelt, the President of the United States during the Depression and WWII. He instituted the New Deal. Served from 1933 to 1945, he was the only president in U.S. history to be elected to four terms

Rhineland

Area demilitarized after WWI that Hitler takes back in 1936

Alsace-Loraine

Land fought over by France and Germany

Non-aggression pact

1939-Secret agreement between German leader Hitler and Soviet Leader Stalin not to attack one another and to divide Poland

Treaty of Versailles

1919 treaty that officially ended World War I; the immense penalties it placed on Germany are regarded as one of the causes of World War II

Gestapo

Hitler's Secret Police to capture all Jews to Concentration camp

Gulag

Soviet Union deadly labor camp that punish anyone who violate Stalin's policy

Numerberg Laws

first laws that condemning Jews

Kristallnacht

(Night of the Broken Glass) November 9, 1938, when mobs throughout Germany destroyed Jewish property and terrorized Jews.

Communism

A political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country.

millitarists

a person who believes that a country should maintain a strong military capability.

blitzkrieg

"Lighting war", type of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939

isolationism

a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.

Nazi

stand for National Socialist German Workers' Party.