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Red Scare |
is the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism, used by anti-leftist proponents. In the United States, the First Red Scare was about worker (socialist) revolution and political radicalism. |
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Overproduction |
Condition in which production of goods exceeds the demand for them |
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Franklin D Roosevelt |
He was part of the three leaders who tried to conquer Germany |
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Mussolini |
He was the Italian dictator who favored communism |
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Kulaks |
Wealthy peasant in the Soviet union in the 1930s |
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Atheism |
Belief that there is no God |
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Weimar Republic |
is a name given by historians to the federal republic andsemi-presidential representative democracyestablished in 1919 in Germany to replace theimperial form of government. |
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Magniot Line |
Massive fortifications built by the french along their border with Germany in the 1930s to protect against invasion |
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Finance |
The management of money |
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Black shirts |
Any member of the militant combat squads of Italian fascists set up under mussolini |
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Five year plan |
It were a series of nation-wide centralized economic plans in the Soviet Union. The plans were developed by a state planning committee based on the theory of productive forces that was part of the general guidelines of the Communist Party for economic development. |
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Great purge |
It was a campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union which occurred from 1936 to 1938. |
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Comintern |
Communist international, international association of communist parties led by the Soviet Union for the purpose of encouraging worldwide communist revolution |
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Chancellor |
The highest official of a monarch, prime minister |
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Disarmament |
Reduction of armed forces and weapons |
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Great depression |
A painful time of global economic collapse, starting on 1929 and Alston until 1939 |
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Fascism |
Any centralized, authoritarian government system that is not communist |
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Command economy |
System in which government officials make all basic economic decisions |
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Socialist realism |
Artistic style whose goal was to promote socialism by showing soviet life in a positive light |
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Nuremberg laws |
Laws approved by the nazi party in 1935, depriving jews of German citizenship and take some rights away from them |
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Third reich |
Official name of the nazi party for its regime in Germany; held power from 1933 to 1945 |
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General strike |
Strike by workers in many different industries at the same time |
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New deal |
A massive package of economic and social programs established by FAR to help Americans during the great depression |
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Totalitarian state |
Government in which a one party dictatorship regulates every aspect of citizens lives |
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Collectives |
Large farm owned and operated by peasants as a group |
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Russification |
Making a nationality culture more ethically Russian |
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Hitler |
He was the German dictator who ruled Germany and tried to take over other countries territories |
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Gestapo |
It was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe. Hermann Göring formed the unit in 1933. |
