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GHSGT Review - World History, US History since 1865
In Between the War Years Vocabulary Review for GHSGT
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History
11th Grade
02/24/2011

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Fascism
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A type of government emphasizing the importance of the state over the individual
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Louis Armstrong
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A jazz musician famous for his rhythm and improvisation
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Henry Ford
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A business man who used mass production to make automobiles affordable
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Langston Hughes
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A poet of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote about working class African Americans
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Bolsheviks
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a political party of soviets who captured power from the provisional government of Russia
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red scare
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The fear of communism that gripped the United States after the Bolshevik Revolution
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jazz
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new form of music called combined themes and note patterns developed by enslaved African Americans
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police state
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In this, typically, the "law" is the same as the personal beliefs of the country's dictator.
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Joseph Stalin
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became the leader of the Soviet Union and the Communist Party after Lenin's death.
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5 Year Plans
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Stalin's plan to transform the Soviet Union from an agricultural into an industrial economy in a brief period of time.
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Mass Production
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this strategy meant cars could be produced in great volume on assembly lines so the cost of each car would be low enough for common people to afford.
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Totalitarianism
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A term for governments that control every aspect of public and private life in the country. Usually they use propaganda and surveillance to control the masses.
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Adolf Hitler
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The fascist leader of the Nazi Party and Germany.
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Benito Mussolini
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The fascist leader of Italy who rose to power by exploiting the anger of the Italian people over Italy's treatment following WWI.
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