Across
- 3. law that changed the Neutrality Act to allow countries at war to purchase American goods as long as they paid cash and picked up their orders in American ports
- 8. a person who does not believe in the use of military force
- 13. a form of government in which the person or party in charge has absolute control over all aspects of life
- 17. Italian fascist leader; made Italy a totalitarian state
- 18. FDR's speech following the Japanese attack on China in which he called on America to take clear sides in the world conflict
- 19. American physicist, he led the Manhattan Project
- 22. a statement of American and British goals for the defeat of the Nazis and their vision for the postwar world
- 23. program that gave the government power to make weapons available to Great Britain without regard for its ability to pay
- 24. totalitarian dictator of Germany; he believed in the supremacy of the German Aryan race and was responsible for the mass murder or millions of Jews during the Holocaust
- 25. a German word meaning "lightning war"
- 26. British prime minister; he supported the policy of appeasement, allowing Hitler to gain land and power in the 1930s
Down
- 1. a United States act aimed at helping prevent the nation from being drawn into a war
- 2. a popular symbol for the working woman during WWII
- 4. giving in to the demands of uncompromising powers to avoid war
- 5. the top-secret program to build an atomic bomb during WWII
- 6. government by a leader or group that holds unchallenged power and authority
- 7. in a war, not aiding either side
- 9. series of attacks by US sailors against Mexican Americans in Los Angeles
- 10. a system of government that focuses on the good of the state rather than on the individual citizens
- 11. German airforce
- 12. a bomb that uses energy released by splitting atoms to create an enormous explosion
- 14. increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
- 15. French government set up with the Germans that ruled the southern half of France during WWII
- 16. British prime minister; he opposed the policy of appeasement and led Great Britain through the war
- 20. a program that gave poor Mexican workers the chance to work temporarily in the United States
- 21. totalitarian dictator of the soviet union; he used violent crackdowns on his political enemies to strengthen his control