Unit 11
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Weimar Republic | Was the democratic government which ruled over Germany form 1919 to 1933. Was Germany's first democracy and it failed miserably. It had leaders such as Stresseman and Hindenburg. |
| Social Democrats | The largest political party in Sweden, who pushed for social reform legislation, and drew support from community and socialist and capitalist working together. |
| Mein Kampf | 'My Struggle' by hitler, later became the basic book of nazi goals and ideology, reflected obsession |
| Totalitarianism | a form of government in which power resides in a leader who rules according to self-interest and without regard for individual rights and liberties |
| Lateran Agreement | a 1929 agreement that recognized the Vatican as a tiny independent state, with Mussolini agreeing to give the church heavy financial support. In turn, the pope expressed his satisfaction and urged Italians to support Mussolini's government. |
| Fascism | A system of government characterized by strict social and economic control and a strong, centralized government usually headed by a dictator. First found in Italy by Mussolini. |
| Eugenics | science dealing with improving the hereditary qualities of the human race |
| Soviet 5 Year Plan | economic goals set by Stalin for five-year periods to transform Russia virtually overnight from an agricultural into an industrial country |
| New Economic Policy | Lenin's economy reform that re-established economic freedom in an attempt to build agriculture and industry |
| Collectivization of Agriculture | the forcible merger of individual peasant farms into collective farms, begun by soviet party leader stalin in 1929 |
| Kulaks | Prosperous Russian Peasents that - under Stalin - were sent to Labor Camps as punishment for being succesful |
| Great Purges | Great offensive to build socialism and a new socialist personality...culminated in ruthless police terror and massive purging of the communist party. |
| Black Shirts | a private army under Mussolini who destroyed socialist newspapers, union halls, and Socialist party headquarters, eventually pushing Socialists out of the city governments of Northern Italy. |
| Anti- Semitism | policies, views, or actions that harm or discriminate against Jews |
| Fuhrer | German word for leader, used to describe Hitler in the Nazi Party. |
| Storm Troopers | Nazis' private army used by Hitler to terrorize communists, Socialists, and trade union workers, especially the Jews |
| Gestapo | the secret police force of the German nazi state, notorious for its terrorism and brutality |
| Appeasement | policy by which Czechoslovakia, Great Britain and France agreed to Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland in agreement for not taking any additional Czech territory. |
| National Socialism | the ideology and practices of the Nazi party, which included national expansion, state control of the economy, the totalitarian principle of government, and anti-Semitism. |
| Enabling Act | enabled Hitler to get rid of the Reichstag parliament and pass laws without reference to parliament |
| Munich Conference | 1938 conference at which European leaders attempted to appease Hitler by turning over the Sudetenland to him in exchange for promise that Germany would not expand Germany's territory any further. |
| Rome-Berlin Axis | The alliance between Italy and Germany (Mussolini and Hitler), agreement between axis leaders to fight soviet Communism and not to stop each other from making foreign conquests |
| Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact | Hitler and Joseph Stalin agreed not to attack each other but divided Poland for an easy win, but Germany didn't keep true to their word and attacked Stalin later |
| Phony War | period of time after the German invasion of Poland that included little military operation in Europe, French and British troops wait for German attack along the Maginot line |
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