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04/21/2017

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1. Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi party. 

 

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Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945

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2. Atheism

Atheism is the belief of no good

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                          the belief that there is no god

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3. Benito Mussolini

benito mussolini was a veteran. 


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He organized veterans and other discontented Italians into Fascist Party; "il Duce": the boss

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4. Black Shirts

black shirts were supporters who were militants. 


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party militants and supporters of Mussolini who rejected the democratic process in favor of violent actions

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5. Bolsheviks

the bolsheviks were revolutionary who seized russia. 

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A party of revolutionary Marxists, led by Vladimir Lenin, who seized power in Russia in 1917.

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6. Chancellor

chancellor was a leader that drafted constitutions. 

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in 1919, German leaders drafted a constitution in the city of Wiemar. It created the Wiemar Republic. The constitution set up a parliamentary system led by a Prime Minister; appointed by & reports to the President

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7. Cheka

The Cheka were secret police men. 

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secret police, formed by Lenin and the Bolsheviks: made arrests, tortured and executed thousands, took hostages in areas that favored the Whites, ran concentration camps, executed thousands, including the former Tsar Nicolas II and his family

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8. Collectives

Collectives were peasants. 

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Stalin wanted all peasants to farm on state-owned farms, or large farms owned by peasants as a group

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9. Comintern

Comintern was formed by lenin. 

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Lenin formed the Communist International, an association of Communist parties founded in 1919 by Russian Bolshevik leader Lenin, to promote the spread of the revolution and the preaching of communist principles throughout Europe.

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10.Command Economy

 The command economy was a system in the governemnt

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the Soviet Union developed a system in which the government officials made all basic economic decisions

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11. Fascism

Fascism is the policies that allow people human rights. 

Definition

centralized, authoritarian government that is not communist whose polices glorify the state over individual and are destructive to basic human rights[image]


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12. Führer

fuher is another way of saying leader in german. 


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[image]the unique name granted by Hitler to himself, german term meaning "leader" or "guide", Hitler modeled the title after Benito Mussolini's use of il Duce. 
 
 
 
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13.Gestapo

Gestapo was a german acronym. 

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German acronym for the German Secret State Police, part of the SS notorious for terrorism against enemies of the state.
 
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14. Gulag

Gulag were grumblers who were snet to labor camps. 

 

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grumblers, or critics of Stalin, were rounded up and sent to a system of brutal labor camps

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15. Karl Marx

 Karl marx was the father of communism. 


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Often recognized as the "father of communism"; believed that communism would replace capitalism, believed in a classless society. (1818-1883)

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16. Joseph Stalin

Joseph stalin was a russian leader. 

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Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and [image]created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition; "man of steel" (1879-1953)
 
 
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17. Kulaks

Kulaks were wealthy farmers. 

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wealthy farmers

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18. Lenin

Lenin was the founder of the communist party. 

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Founded the Communist Party in Russia and set up the world's first Communist Party dictatorship. He led the October Revolution of 1917, in which the Communists seized power in Russia. He then ruled the country until his death in 1924.

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19. march on rome

The march on rome was when ten thosuands of people swarmd towards rome. 

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tens of thousands of fascists swarmed towards Rome. Fearing civil war, king Victor Emmanuel III asked Mussolini to form a government as Prime Ministe[image]


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20. Nuremburg Laws

the nuremburg law was a law passed by teh nazis. 
 
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n 1935, the Nazis passed these laws which deprived Jews of German citizenship and placed several restrictions on them, including: being prohibited from marrying non-Jews, attending or teaching at German schools, holding government jobs, practicing law or medicine, or publishing books

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21. Proletariat

the proletariat was a term of exploited class. 

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Marx's term for the exploited class, the mass of workers who do not own the means of production; the working class
 
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22. ruhr valley 

the ruhr valley was a velley that fell behind 

Definition
in 1923, Germany fell behind in reparations payments so France occupied the coal- rich Ruhr valley
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23. Russification

Russification is the making a nationalities more russian. 

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making a nationalities culture more Russian

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24. Socialist Realism

Socialist realism was an artist and writers who make life better. 

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Stalin required artists and writers to conform to a style in which the goal was to boost socialism by showing Soviet life in a positive light

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25. soviets

soveits were a bunch of workers and soldiers

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councils of workers and soldiers

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26. Totalitarian state

Totalitarian state was a form of governemnt. 

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Mussolini practiced the first form of government, a one party dictatorship that attempts to regulate every aspect of the lives of its citizens

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27. Third Reich

Third Reich was hitlers empire. 

 

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Hitler boasted that under his new empire the German master race would dominate Europe for a thousand years
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