U.S. History Chapter 24 Flashcards

A nation in which a single party controls the government and every aspect of people's lives.

Prime Minister of Italy who restored order through strong leadership.

<p>A political system based on militarism, extreme nationalism, and blind loyalty to the state and its leader.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Extreme nationalist and leader of the Nazi Party.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A warlike act by one country against another without cause.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A policy of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>British Prime Minister known for his speech 'We shall never surrender.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Conflict involving not just armies, but entire nations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Leader of American troops who occupied Morocco and Algeria in North Africa.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Commander of Filipino-American forces during World War II.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Allowed America to lend or lease supplies to Great Britain and other nations fighting the Nazis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Goals for the postwar world, including a new international organization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Economic instability, political unrest, and societal upheaval.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To conquer other nations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ethiopia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Japan.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Forbade the President from selling arms, making loans, or giving assistance to any nation involved in war.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Soviet Union.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Pearl Harbor attack by Japan.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Japan took Midway.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The U.S. halted the Japanese drive to New Guinea.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The act of setting limits on the amount of scarce goods people can buy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Temporarily imprison.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Union leader who threatened a mass protest unless Roosevelt ended discrimination in the armed forces.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Vice President who suddenly became President after Roosevelt's death.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>American forces would capture some Japanese-held islands and go around others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Suicide pilots crashing their planes into American ships.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The deliberate attempt to wipe out an entire nation or group of people.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mexican laborers who often faced prejudice and violent strife.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Wartime acts of cruelty and brutality judged to be beyond the accepted rules of war.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A fictional character and symbol of women who worked for the war effort.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Supreme Court ruled that military necessity justified internment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Allied Powers' operation to free France involving more than 155,000 troops.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Victory in Europe.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Victory over Japan.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The forced march of 70,000 soldiers by the Japanese, resulting in many deaths.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Trials where national leaders were prosecuted for war crimes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The murder of 6 million Jews under Nazi rule.</p> Signup and view all the answers