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Mussolini: Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) was the fascist prime minister of Italy, with dictatorial powers, from 1922 until he was overthrown in 1943.

 

Fascism: extreme nationalism

Blackshirts: killed the people who opposed Mussolini (worked for him)

Lenin: founder of the Russian Communist Party, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and architect and first head of the Soviet state.

 

USSR: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics abbreviated to USSR or the Soviet Union, was a socialist state on the Eurasian continent.

 

Stalin: Joseph Stalin or Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin, was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953.

 

Hitler: Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party. He was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945.

 

Mien Kamf: book written by Hitler while he was in jail (explained all of his plans)

Reichstag fire: On February 27, 1933, the German parliament building burned down due to arson. The government falsely portrayed the fire as part of a Communist effort to overthrow the state. 

 

Fuhrer: Führer, or Fuehrer is a German title meaning leader or guide now most associated with Adolf Hitler.

 

Manchuria: Manchuria is a historical name given to a large geographic region in Northeast Asia.

 

Neutrality Act: America decided to stay out of the war by not selling weapons to  any fighting countries.

 

Francisco Franco: Francisco Franco Bahamonde was the dictator of Spain from 1939 to his death in 1975.

 

Isolationism: America wanted to stay isolated so no war would erupt.

Internationalism: loving your country.