A government that exerts total control over the nation and citizen's lives.
Policy of giving in to a competitor's demands in order to preserve the peace.
Kind of warfare emphasizing rapid and mechanized movement; used by Germany during World War II.
A supposedly independent country under the control of a powerful neighbor.
1939 laws designed to keep the United States out of future wars.
Lend Lease Act
1941 law that authorized the President to aid any nation whose defense he believed was vital to American security.
Office of War Mobilization
Federal agency formed to coordinate issues related to war production during World War II.
Agreement signed by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1941 outlining the tow nations' war aims.
Method of aerial bombing in which large numbers of bombs are dropped over a wide area.
Hostility or discrimination toward Jews.
Nazi Germany's systematic attempt to murder all European Jews.
In World War II, a Japanese suicide plane.
Secret American program during World War II to develop an atomic bomb.