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Recession
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A period of slow economic growth or decline.
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Totalitarian State
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Government in which citizens are under strict control by the state.
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Collectivization
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An economic system in which a government controls production and distribution of all goods.
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Militarism
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A faith in war and military power.
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Ensure
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to make sure, certain, or safe.
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on margin
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When one buys stocks, paying for only part of the cost and borrowing the rest from stockbrokers.
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Stockbrokers
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People who sell shares in businesses.
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margin call
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A demanded by a broker that investors pay back loans made for stocks purchased on margin.
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stock market crash
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A time when stock prices fell, or “crashed,” at record rates.
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Restore
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To put or bring back into existence.
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Censorship
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Banning
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Media
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A channels or systems of communication.
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Black Shirts |
They are the followers of Mussolini.
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Fascism
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A political philosophy that glorifies the state above that individual by emphasizing the need for a strong central government led by a dictatorial ruler.
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Communism
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A system of socialism developed by the German writer Karl Marx who believed that the class struggle would end with the collapse of capitalism and new society without classes.
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Nazi Party
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It is the National Socialist German Worker’s Party.
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Nazism
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The name given to Hitler’s political beliefs.
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Reichstag
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It is the lower house of the German legislature.
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Enabling Act
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This act allowed the government to ignore the constitution so as to solve German economic problems.
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Purged
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It is to be forcibly removed.
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Politburo
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The policy - making body of the Communist Party.
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Authoritarian
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It is based on the idea that rulers, and not people, have the final authority.
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