Vocabulary-The West Between the Wars
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 totalitarian state | form og government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life |
| Kristallnacht | attack on Jewish businesses, homes, and synagogues |
| general strike | protest in which all or almost all of nation's workers walk off their jobs |
| reparations | compensation required from a defeated nation as indemnity for damage during a war |
| fascism | political philosophy that advocates an aggressive form of nationalism, single-party system with a strong ruler, glorification of the state |
| purge | to remove |
| kulak | wealthy Russian peasant |
| coalition | alliance of several different political factions |
| documentary | film presenting facts without inserting frictional matter |
| uncertainty principle | theory based on the unpredictability of physical matter |
| dictatorship | government where one person or group has absolute power |
| deficit spending | spending of public funds obtained by borrowing rather than by taxation |
| collectivization | system in which the government owns the land and uses the peasants to farm it |
| photomontage | technique of making a picture by assembling pieces of photographs |
| collective bargaining | negotiation between unions and employers to determine wages and working conditions |
| depression | long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices |
| surrealism | dreamlike images and unnatural combinations of objects |
| concentration camp | where Adolf Hitler and the Nazi government sent Jews, political opponents, and other groups they found to the threatening |
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