Rise of Totalitarianism + Beginning of WWII

Treaty of Versailles:

the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans

League of Nations:

an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations

Inflation:

a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.

Totalitarianism:

A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

Fascism:

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

Blackshirts:

Mussolini's "gang" used to control Italy

Reichstag:

German Parliament

Mein Kampf:

'My Struggle' by hitler, later became the basic book of nazi goals and ideology, reflected obsession

Collectives:

large farms owned and operated by peasants as a group

Kulaks:

Farmers who refused to be collectivized and were sent to labor camps

Neutrality Acts:

4 laws passed in the late 1930s that were designed to keep the US out of international incidents

Cash-and-carry policy

1939. Law passed by Congress which allowed a nation at war to purchase goods and arms in US as long as they paid cash and carried merchandise on their own ships. This benefited the Allies, because Britain was dominant naval power.

Luftwaffe:

German Air Force

Lend Lease Act:

1941 law that authorized the president to aid any nation whose defense he believed was vital to American security

Blitzkrieg:

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

Nazi-Soviet Act:

Peace treaty between Stalin and Hitler that proposed a joint invasion of Eastern Europe

War Powers Act:

Act that grants emergency executive powers to president to run war effort

Victory Gardens:

Backyard gardens; Americans were encouraged to grow their own vegetables to support the war effort

The Great Migration:

Movement of African Americans from the South to the North for jobs.

Japanese Internment Camps:

The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called "War Relocation Camps", in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.