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The attempt to kill a specific group of people because of their religion, race, ethnicity, or other differences.
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Place the holocaust evens in the correct order.
Ghettos Nuremberg Laws Boycott of German Businesses Deportation to camps
Kristallnacht Einsatzgruppen Final Solution Liberation |
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- Boycott of German businesses
- Nuremberg Laws
- Kristallnacht
- Ghettos
- Einsatzgruppen
- Deportations to Camps
- Final Solution
- Liberation
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What were the Nuremberg Laws?
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They prohibited Jews from participating in German politics. They incorrectly defined Jews as a race. |
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The night the Nazis destroyed Jewish businesses and synagogues. The purpose was to help define Jews as non-German in the eyes of the German people. |
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Small areas of a city where the Nazis isolated Jews.
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What were the Einsatzgruppen and why did Hitler stop using them?
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They were mobile killing squads that took Jews to isolated areas and killed them. Hitler stopped using them because they could not kill Jews as quickly as Hitler wanted them killed. |
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What was the "final solution"? |
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The mass deporation of Jews to concentration camps, then work camps, and finally to death camps. |
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Who liberated the Nazi camps?
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The WWII Allies: United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union, Poland, & France were the main allies.
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Government by a few, usually wealthy people. |
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An authoritarian system tha considers the individual to be less important than the interests of the country. The country is usually nationalistic, patriotic, militaristic, and autocratic.
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A system based on the sharing of all work and property by the whole community. |
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Elected officials voted for in free elections represent the people who voted for them. Representatives vote in the interests of those who voted for them.
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A single, self appointed ruler who holds absolute power. |
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Rule by religion. A government based on theistic* beliefs *Theistic: The belief in one or more gods. |
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