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committed FDR and Winston Churchill to a postwar world of democracy, non-aggression, free trade, economic advancement, and freedom of the seas
took citizenship away from Jewish Germans and banned marriage between Jews and other Germans
name given to the mass slaughter of Jews and other groups by the Nazis during WWII (nearly 6 million Jews were killed)
a government agency set up during the Depression that was permitted to make loans to companies to help them cover the cost of converting to war production
appointed as German prime minister in 1933, and worked his way up to president and began to rebuild Germany's military in violation of the Treaty of Versailles
the US would be able to lend or lease arms to any country considered "vital to the defense of the US"
a camp where prisoners were sent to be executed via gas chambers
where 15 Nazi leaders met to determine the "final solution of the Jewish question" on January 20, 1942 in a Berlin suburb
the line of concrete bunkers and fortifications that the French built along the German border after WWI
a staunchly isolationist group that firmly opposed any American intervention or aid to the Allies
a government contract to pay a manufacturer the cost to produce an item plus a guaranteed percentage
a spirited leader who replaced Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister in 1940
the policy of giving concessions in exchange for peace
the air battle between the German air force (Luftwaffe) and the British Royal Air Force; lasted from June 1940 to the fall
became the new Soviet dictator by 1926 and began a massive effort to industrialize his country in 1927
the resource-rich province in northern China; target of seize to some Japanese military leaders and civilians
made it illegal for Americans to sell arms to any country at war
the idea that trade between nations creates prosperity and helps to prevent war
former schoolmaster and journalist who founded Italy's Fascist Party in 1919
led the Bolshevik Party and established Communist governments throughout the Russian empire (established the USSR, aka, the Soviet Union)