The idea that trade between nations creates prosperity and helps to prevent war
Appeasement
The policy of giving concessions in exchange for peace
Blitzkrieg
Lightning warfare
Holocaust
Catastrophe that ravaged Europe's Jews
Concentration Camp
Rounding up Jews and taking them to detention centers
Extermination Camp
Where elderly and young Jews died in massive gas chambers
Hemisphere Defense Zone
Declared Western hemisphere to be neutral and the U.S. would patrol the area against German submarines
Strategic Materials
Materials important for fighting a war
Cost-Plus
Agreed to pay a company whatever if cost to make a product plus a guaranteed percentage of the costs as profit
Liberty Ship
Basic cargo ship used during the war
Disfranchised
African Americans being denied their right to vote
Periphery
Edges of the German empire
Convoy System
Cargo Ships traveling in groups while being escourted by navy warships
Sunbelt
A new industrial region made up of Southern California, and cities in the deep South
Rationing
Limiting availability of products to make sure enough is available for military use
Victory Gardens
To plant gardens to produce more food for the war effort
Amphtrac
An amphibious tractor used to move troops from ships to shore
Kamikaze
A japanese suicide pilot whose mission was to crash into his target
Hedgerow
Dirt walls, several feet thick covered in shrubbery
Napalm
A kind of jellied gasoline
Charter
Constitution
Cold War
Confrontation and competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union lasting from 1946-1990
Iron Curtain
Political and military barrier that isolated Soviet controlled countries of Eastern Europe after World War II
Containment
Keeping communism within its present territory through the use of diplomats, economic, and military action
Limited War
A war fought to achieve a limited objective, such as containing communism
Subversion
A war fought to secretely weaken a society and overthrow its government
Perjury
Lying under oath
Censure
Formal disapproval
Fallout
Radiation left over after the blast of an atomic bomb
Fallout Shelter
A shelter built with the intent to house and protect people from nuclear fallout
Massive Radiation
To threaten to use nuclear weapons if a Communist state tried to seize territory by force
Brinkmanship
The willingness to go to the brink of war to force the other side to back down
Covert
Hidden
Developing Nations
Nations with primarily agricultural economies
Military Industrial Complex
An informal relationship that some people believe exists between the military and the defence industry to promote greater military spending and influence government policy
Closed Shops
The practice of forcing business owners to hire only union members
Right to Work Laws
A law making it illegal to require employees to join a union
Union Shops
Shops in which new workers were required to join the union
Featherbedding
The practice of limiting work output in order to create more jobs
Dynamic Conservatism
Balancing economic conservatism with some activism
White Collar
Jobs in sales and management
Blue Collar
People who perform physical in labor in industry
Multinational Corporations
Large corporations with overseas investments
Franchises
When a person owns and runs one or several stores of a chain operation
Baby Boom
A marked rise in birthrate, occuring after WWII
Generation Gap
Cultural separation between children and their parents
Poverty Line
A figure set by the government to reflect the minimum income requirement to support a family
Urban Renewal
Tried to eliminate poverty by tearing down slums and erecting new high-rise buildings for poor residents
Termination Policy
When the federal government withdres all official recognition of the Native American groups as legal entities and made them subject to the same laws as whites