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| Lend - Lease | The act passed during World War II allowing the United States to sell, lend or lease arms or other war supplies to any antiion considered " vital to the defense of the UnitedStates" |
| anti-semitism | hostility toward or discrimination against the Jews |
| fascism | a political system , headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition |
| totalitatrian | a political system in which the government suppresses all opposition and controls most aspect of peoples lives |
| dictator | a leader who rules with total authority, often in a cruel or brutal manner |
| kamikaze | during WWII , a Japanese suicide pilot whose mission was to crash into his target |
| island hopping | a strategy used during WWII that called for attacking and capturing certain key islands and using these islands as bases to leapfrog to others |
| ration | to give out scarce items on a limited basis |
| disarmament | removal or reduction of weapons |
| mobilization | gathering resources and preparing for war |
| blitzkrieg | name given to a sudden , violent offensive attacks the Germans used during WWII, " Lightening War" |
| genocide | the deliberate destruction of racial, political, or cultural group |
| appeasement | accepting demands in order to avoid conflict |
| internment camps | the detention centers where japanese americans were moved to and confined during WWII |
| Holocaust | the name given to the mass slaughter of 6 million Jews and 4 million Polish people and other groups by the Nazis in WWII |
