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WWII
WWII
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10th Grade
05/30/2014

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market speculation
Definition
People were buying stocks on credit during the 1920’s. This was a major cause of the stock market crash in 1929
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Great Depression
Definition
During the early 1930’s when economies around the world were in ruins as people lost their jobs and many businesses collapsed.
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Adolf Hitler
Definition
Leader of Germany from 1935 to 1945. He is responsible for the Holocaust and starting WWII.
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Holocaust
Definition
When the Nazi’s under Hitler tried to exterminate the Jewish population of Europe.
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Nuremberg Laws 1935
Definition
Nazi laws that forced Jews to wear the star of David to be identified and banned Jews from being German citizens which meant they lost their jobs and property
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Kristallnacht – Night of Broken Glass
Definition
The first night that the Nazi party starting physically hurting and killing Jews.
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Ghettos
Definition
Segregate Jewish areas created by the Nazis during the Holocaust
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Final Solution
Definition
Hitler and Nazi’s plan to systematically try and eliminate the Jewish population of Europe.
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Genocide
Definition
Systematic killing of a particular race, religion or ethnicity
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Concentration Camps
Definition
Part of Hitler’s final solution. Jewish labor and death camps
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