1. Objective 10.01
Elaborate on the causes of World War II and the reasons for the United States’ entry into the war

2. Kellogg-Briand Pact
Agreement between several nations in the 1920’s to outlaw war

3. Adolf Hitler
Nazi leader of Germany, came to power in the early 1930’s and ruled until his death in 1945, known as “The Fuhrur”

4. Benito Mussolini
Fascist leader of Italy, came to power in the late 1920”s and ruled until his death in 1945, known as “El Duce”

5. Joseph Stalin
Communist Dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII

6. Winston Churchill
Replaced Neville Chamberlain as the Prime Minister of Great Britain, “We shall never surrender”, Prime Minister of Great Britain throughout WWII in Europe

7. Munich Pact
Agreement between Germany and Great Britain allowing Germany to take the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia, Appeasement, “Peace in our Time”

8. Third Reich
Adolf Hitler’s name for the German empire that he was building

9. Non-Aggression Pact
Agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union not to go to war against each other, allowed Germany to seize control of Poland without interference from the Soviet Union, Germany eventually broke the agreement by invading the Soviet Union in 1941

10. Fascism
Type of government in Italy during WWII, extreme nationalism, Corporations dictated by the Fascist Party control the major industries of the country, everyone answers to the dictator

11. Emperor Hirohito
Ruler of Japan during WWII, forced to offer surrender by the Military leaders of Japan because they did not want to dishonor themselves even though the war was mostly their idea

12. Neutrality Acts
US declaration in the 1930’s that we would not become involved in any more European conflicts

13. Quarantine Speech
Speech by President Roosevelt that declared that the US would not have economic, political or diplomatic relations with Aggressor nations

14. Four Freedoms
Speech by Franklin Roosevelt outlining Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear as necessary for modern life, preparing the US people for entry into WWII

15. Lend-Lease Act
Program established to help provide Great Britain and the Soviet Union with supplies needed to fight Germany during WWII

16. Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack our refueling station in Hawaii, US enters WWII, December 7th, 1941