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| Fascism | a form of government in which a dictator has total control of government and people, usually racist and pro military |
| War reparations | money a country has to pay for damage that happened during a war |
| Alliance | countries agree to fight on behalf of each other if threatened |
| Neutral | not choosing a side, staying out of it |
| Isolationism | when a country tries to mind its own business and not get involved in international events |
| Allies | The US, Great Britain, The Soviet Union during WWII, The good guys |
| Axis | Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII, the bad guys |
| Embargo | a ban on trade or doing business with a country |
| Infamy | being well known for something bad |
| Turn the tide | to change the course of events |
| Siege | surrounding a city and cutting off supplies from entering in order to force a surrender |
| Liberation | to free |
| Campaign | a series of military actions |
| War industries | businesses or factories that specialize in making materials for the war |
| Civilian | a non military citizen |
| Genocide | purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious, or cultural group |
| Antisemitism | bad feelings toward or discrimination against Jews group |
| Aryan supremacy | belief that people from Northern Europe were racially superior to others, blonde hair, blue eyes, white skin |
| Boycott | to refuse to use something or shop at a business as a form of protest |
| Ghettos | crowded “urban prisons” with poor living conditions |
| Concentration camps | camps where Hitler sent Jews to be imprisoned to work or to be put to death |
| War crimes | crimes committed during wary, such as killing civilians or crimes against humanity |
| Crimes against humanity | an act that causes human suffering or death on a large scale |
| The Selective service Act | mandatory military service for those old enough and able to fight |
| Censorship | prohibiting or hiding of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered politically unacceptable or a threat to security. |
| Morale | the feeling of people |
| Stereotypes | an oversimplified image or idea about a group of people usually based on race, religion, or gender |
| Humane | causing the least amount of pain or suffering |
| Internment camps | places where people are confined or imprisoned for political reasons usually without people having done anything wrong other than being a member of a particular group of people |
| Rationing | conserving food or supplies so that it can be used in the future or sent to soldiers fighting |
