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32 Cards in this Set
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HITLER
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FUHRER OF GERMANY 1933-1945
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NAZIS
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POLITICAL PARTY OF HITLER
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ARYANS
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NAZI NAME FOR THE SUPERIOR RACE OF GERMANS
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TOTALITARIANISM
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FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT SEEKS TO CONTROL ALL ASPECTS OF CITIZENS' LIVES
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ANTI-SEMITISM
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HATRED OF JEWS
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VIENNA
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MULTI-NATIONAL CAPITAL OF AUSTRIAN EMPIRE WHERE HITLER LEARNED TO HATE NON-GERMANS
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TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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TREATY THAT ENDED WORLD WAR I AND HARSHLY PUNISHED GERMANY
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PLURALITY
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HAVING MORE VOTES THAN OTHERS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY A MAJORITY
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INFLATION
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DECLINING VALUE OF MONEY
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HYPERINFLATION
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CATASTROPHIC GERMAN INFLATION OF THE EARLY 1920'S
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DEPRESSION
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SEVERE UNEMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN THAT BEGAN WITH WALL ST CRASH OF 1929
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PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
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DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM IN WHICH EXECUTIVE IS THE LEADER OF THE LARGEST PARTY IN THE LEGISLATURE
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COALITION
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GROUP OF PARTIES THAT ALLY TEMPORARILY IN ORDER TO PASS BILLS OR GOVERN
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REICHSTAG
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GERMAN PARLIAMENT DURING HITLER'S TIME
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S.A.
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HITLER'S PRIVATE ARMY, USED TO BULLY AND INTIMIDATE OPPONENTS
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STORMTROOPERS
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ANOTHER NAME FOR THE S.A.
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CHANCELLOR
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HITLER'S 1ST POSITION IN GERMANY, BASICALLY PRIME MINISTER
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WEIMAR REPUBLIC
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GERMAN GOVERNMENT 1919-1934, AND ITS FIRST DEMOCRACY EVER
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HINDENBERG
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GERMAN WAR HERO AND PRESIDENT DURING HITLER'S CHANCELLORSHIP
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REICHSTAG FIRE
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1933 ACT BLAMED ON COMMUNISTS, THAT ENABLED HITLER TO HAVE THEM BANNED FROM REICHSTAG ELECTIONS
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ENABLING ACT
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1933 BILL THAT GAVE HITLER POWER OF DECREE
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S.S.
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ELITE NAZI GROUP OF BRUTAL, OBEDIENT, AND ARYAN-LOOKING ENFORCERS
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GESTAPO
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NAZI SECRET POLICE
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DER FUHRER
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TITLE THAT HITLER TOOK IN 1934 TO SYMBOLIZE HIS REFUSAL TO ADHERE TO THE WEIMAR CONSTITUTION
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NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES
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1934 ELIMINATION OF THE S.A. LEADERSHIP AND DISBANDING OF THE MEMBERSHIP
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1918
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DATE OF END OF WWII
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1933
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DATE OF HITLER'S ASCENSION TO POWER IN GERMANY
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1934
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DATE OF NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES
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FUHRERPRINZIP
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FASCIST LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLE, IN WHICH ABSOLUTE POWER RESIDES IN A SINGLE LEADER
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SOCIAL DARWINISM
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DARWINIAN BELIEF IN SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
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REPARATIONS
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HARSH WAR DEBTS IMPOSED UPON GERMANY BY THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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HOLOCAUST
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MURDER OF 6 MILLION JEWS IN THE DEATH CAMPS OF NAZI GERMANY
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