| A | B |
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| Dictator | a leader who rules with total authority, often in a cruel or brutal manner. |
| Nationalism | intense loyalty to one's nation or group and promotion of it's interest above all others. |
| Racism | prejudice and discrimination directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. |
| Fascism | a political philosophy in which tatal power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied and nationalism an racism are emphasized. |
| Inflation | a continuous rise in the price of goods and services. |
| Benito Mussolini | Dictator of Italy during WWII. |
| Adolf Hitler | Dictator of Germany during WWII. |
| Hideki Tojo | Dictator of Japan during WWII. |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | President of the U.S. at the beginning of WWII until April 1945. |
| Harry S. Truman | President of the U.S. at the end of WWII. |
| Winston Churchill | Leader of Great Britain during WWII. |
| Joseph Stalin | Leader of the Soviet Union during WWII. |
| Allied Powers | Great Britain, United States, Canada, and the Soviet Union |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, and Japan |
| Soviet Union | Communist Nation |
| Destroyers for Bases | gave Great Britain 50 old Naval Destroyers for military based in Bermuda and the Caribbean. |
| Lend Lease Act | allowed the U.S. to sell, lend, or lease weapons to any country "vital to the defense of the U.S." |
| Isolationism | United States foreign policy due to WWI and the Great Depression. |
| Pearl Harbor | On December 7, 1941 Japan attacked the United States. |
