| A | B |
| totalitarian state | single party controls the government and every aspect of people's life |
| agression | warlike act by one country eithout just cause |
| scrapegoat | person or group who is made to bear the blame for others. |
| nazis | member of the national socialists german workers party |
| concentration camps | prison camp for civilians who are considered enemies |
| neutrality acts | laws passed by congess in 1935 that banned arms sales or loans to countries at war |
| blitzrieg | the swift attacks launced by germany on world war II |
| appeasement | practice of giving into agression to avoid war |
| nazi-soviet pact | agreement signed between hitler and stalin in 1939 |
| munich conference | a 1938 meeting of the leaders of britain,france,italy,and germany agreement was signed to give czechslovakia to hitler |
| battle of britain | germany failed attempts to subdue britain |
| lend-lease act | law that allowed the united states to sell arms and equipment |
| rosie the riveter | fictional character became a symbol of american womans contribution |
| rationing | limitations in the amounts of goods people can buy |
| double V campaign | african americans civil rights campaign during world war II |