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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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the people who sell shares in businessese
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margin call
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demand 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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channels or systems of communication
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Black Shirts
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followers of Mussolini
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fascism
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a political philosophy that glorifies the state above the 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
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the name given to Hitler's political beliefs
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Nazi Party
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the National Socialist German Workers' Party\
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Reichstag
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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 Germany's economic problems
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purged
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forcibly removed
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Politbur
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the policy-making body of the Communist Party
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Authoritarian
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based on the idea that rulers, and not the people, have the final authority
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