Key Terms

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Blitzkrieg
'Lightning War', consisting of rapid attacks, coordinating artillery, bombing, tanks, troops and dive bombers
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Liberals
Political party that is often progressive
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Reforms
make changes in something in order to improve it. Typically a social, political, or economic institute or practice
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Conscientious Objector
someone who refuses to fight because of their morals or religious beliefs
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conscription
the requirement that all men/ women of a certain age must join the armed forces
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Evacuation
the process of moving children from towns and cities to the countryside for safety, to protect them from German bombing
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Propaganda
One-sided information used to persuade people o support certain ideas/ beliefs
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Suffrage
the right to vote in political elections; Suffragettes were women who campaigned for the vote using more militant/ illegal methods, the Suffragists used peaceful methods
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Political party that is often progressive

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Liberals

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make changes in something in order to improve it. Typically a social, political, or economic institute or practice

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someone who refuses to fight because of their morals or religious beliefs

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the requirement that all men/ women of a certain age must join the armed forces

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