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Totalitarianism |
a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
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Facism |
an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.
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Five-Year Plan |
a government plan for economic development over five years. The first such plan in the Soviet Union was inaugurated in 1928. |
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New Economic Policy |
Soviet Russia proposed by Vladimir Lenin, who described it as a progression towards "state capitalism" within the workers' state of the USSR.
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Collectivization |
aimed to consolidate individual landholdings and labour into collective farms: mainly kolkhozy and sovkhozy.
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Kulaks |
peasant in Russia wealthy enough to own a farm and hire labor
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Black Shirts |
a member of a fascist organization having a black shirt as a distinctive part of its uniform; especially : a member of the Italian Fascist party.
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Lateran Agreement |
agreements made in 1929 between the Kingdom of Italy and the Holy See, settling the "Roman Question".
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Nazism |
the political principles of the National Socialist German Workers' Party.
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Fuhrer |
a ruthless, tyrannical leader.
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Enabling Act |
Chancellor Adolf Hitler – the power to enact laws without the involvement of the Reichstag.
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Appeasement |
pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands.
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New Order |
Hitler's planned reorganization of Europe under Nazi rule.
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Blitzkrieg |
an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory.
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Europe First |
was the key element of the grand strategy agreed upon by the United States and the United Kingdom during World War II.
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