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chp 29
voccab
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04/04/2006

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totalitarianism
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political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state,
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fascism
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A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator,
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five-year plan
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launched by joesph stalin "revolution from above" ultimate goal was to generate new attitudes new loyalities and a new socialist humanity
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New Economic Policy NEP
Definition
re-established limited economic freedom in an attempt to rebuild agriculture and industry
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collectivization
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forcible consolidation of individual peasant farms into large state controlled enterprises
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Kulaks
Definition
better off peasants
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Fuhrer
Definition
leader dictator with unlimited arbitrary power
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Nazism
Definition
grew out of nationalism and racism ideas
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Enabling Act
Definition
gave hitler absolute dictatorial power for four years
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Appeasement
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granting hitler everything he could reasonably want and more in order to avoid war
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Appeasement
Definition
granting hitler everything he could reasonably want and more in order to avoid war
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blitzkrieg
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lightning war where hitlers army crushed poland in four weeks
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New order
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based on the guiding principle of nazi totalitariansim: radical imperialism
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Black shirts
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Mussolini's private army
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Lateran agreement
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1929 Mussolini recongnized the vatican as a tiny independent state and he agreed to give the church heavy finacial support
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Europe First
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is where the us concentrated on european victory first than japan
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