Modern World History Chapter 10

Laissez Faire

“Hands off” attitude/approach by the gov’t

Lend Lease Act

Congress says US can lend/lease/sell arms & supplies to non-Axis nations

Totalitarianism

Form of government with complete control over public/private life; strict ideology

Franco

Fascist leader of Spain leading up to WWII

Nonaggression Pact

Two nations agree not to attack each other (Hitler and Stalin)

Blitzkrieg

Rapid offensive designed to overwhelm an enemy; ‘lightning war’

Appeasement

Giving into demands in order to avoid a larger confilict

Great Purge

Stalin’s campaign to root out/kill perceived threats to himself/Communism; millions die

Fascism

Political ideology; Strong, nationalistic, & militaristic government headed by single party

Puppet government

Government appointed/directed by outside authority

New Deal

FDR’s relief/recovery program to help pull US economy out of Depression

Kristallnacht

“Night of Broken Glass”; Nazis ransacked Jewish synagogues and business

Maginot Line

French line of defense along Western Front; Germans went around after ‘sitzkrieg’

Margin Buying

Buying stock with borrowed money

Coalition government

Temporary alliance of several parties in order to run government; typically short-lived

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Government program designed to insure bank deposits; created after ‘bank runs’ of early Depression

Fascist leader of Italy leading up to WWII

Mussolini

Collective Farms

Soviet government seized private farms, combined them, and forced people to work the land

Black Tuesday

Set off Great Depression; Oct 29, 1929

Hitler

Leader of Nazi Party in Germany leading up to WWII; wrote Mein Kampf; Brownshirts were his followers

Defaulting

Inability to pay loan(s)

Hideki Tojo

Prime Minister of Japan leading up to WWII

Popular Front

International alliance of organization united against fascism

Stalin

Communist leader of Soviet Union leading up to WWII

Nuremburg Laws

Legally deprived Jews of rights & German citizenship