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The condition of being autonomous; self-government, or the right of self-government.
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The condition of being autonomous; self-government, or the right of self-government.
Autonomy
The policy of forming and maintaining an empire as by subjugating territories, establishing colonies, etc.
Imperialism
To conquer or make subservient.
subjugate
To enroll for compulsory service in the armed forces; draft.
conscript
Tactic to defeat an enemy by wearing them down and destroying their will to fight.
war of attrition
To disagree, to reject the doctrines of a religious or political entity.
dissent
The military science of maintaining and transporting materials and personnel.
logistics
Government organized economy, usually during wartime, that controls production, sets wages, fixes prices and rations goods available to the public.
planned economy
To set from, as from bondage or social and political restraints.
emancipate
Published in 1848, written by Communist theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
Communist Manifesto
Is an economic system in which the means of production are publicly or commonly owned and controlled cooperatively; or a political philosophy advocating such a system.SocialismCommunist party in Russia, led by VI Lenin seized power during the Oct. Revolution of 1917.BolsheviksTitle for the Monarch of the Russian Empire.CzarThe wishes of constituents expressed to a representative or legislature. A commission from the League of Nations to administer some region or colony.mandateAnything paid or done to make up for a wrong or injury.reparationsRussian middle class farmers who owned small plots of land and were made enemies of the Soviet Union by Stalin.KulaksLarge farm in the Soviet Union worked collectively by local peasant farmers.collective farmTreaty between the Allied powers and Germany after WWI which was very harsh.Treaty of VersaillesA condition in which prices increase rapidly as a currency loses its value.hyperinflationEconomic plan for the restructuring of Germany's reparations payments that succeeded the Dawes Plan and reduced the total to 26 billion to be paid over 58 1/2 years.Young PlanNegotiating as a group or union for a contract, wages, or working conditions.collective bargainingA group of people in an organization working in a common cause against the main body.factionGovernment which controls all aspects of the citizens lives.totalitarian stateStalin's elimination of all opposition within the Soviet Union.purgesHaving or showing prejudice against Jews. Discriminating against or persecuting Jews.antisemeticOr Blackshirts - Organized by Benito Mussolini as a military tool of his Fascist movement, they used violence, intimidation, and murder against Mussolini's opponents.Squadristi(German for "habitat" or "living space") It was the motivation for the expansionist policies of Nazi Germany, to provide extra space for the growth of the German population.LebensraumNot affiliated with religion, not influenced by religious dogma.secular1939 British report on dividing Palestine based on population percentage between Jews and Muslims.White Paper report on PalestineMovement to re-establish a Jewish state in Palestine.ZionismCommunist International, established in 1919 and based in Moscow the Comintern trained foreign communists in violent revolution and sent them home to pursue their goals.CominternPeaceful protest to unjust laws. Practiced by Mahatma Ghandi during the Indian struggle for independence.civil disobedienceConsidered the founder of modern China. Sun founded the revolutionary alliance to end the Qing Dynasty and establish a democratic republic.Sun Yat-senMovement for moderation and self discipline.temperanceA sociopolitical policy, especially in the United states in the 19th century, favoring the interests of established inhabitants over those of immigrants.nativismAuthorization, support. A punitive measure as an official trade boycott, against a nation defying international law.sanctionIs a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal.plebiscitePeriod of WWII following the German invasion of Poland from September 1939 until May 1940 in which very llittle fighting took place. This period is often referred to as sitzkreig.phoney warGerman line of defenses along the western border originally built during WWI and extended prior to WWII.Siegfried lineIndividuals who were not citizens of the Third Reich at the outbreak of World War II and collaborated with or assisted the Nazi regime during the war.Nazi collaboratorsBelief that nations should not get involved in international issues or affairs.Isolationismpart of the 1939 neutrality act that allowed the U.s> to sell allies war materials as long as they paid cash for them and picked them up themselves.cash and carry policyA fixed portion or share. A set allowance of food.rationingWhich was the U.S. civilian agency responsible for the relocation and detention of Japanese-Americans during World War II.War Relocation AuthorityThe act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.SiegeTerm used to describe U.S. military efforts to gain control of Japanese controlled islands in the Pacific during WWII.island hoppingMeeting held in Feb. 1945, Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill discussed post war Europe and the establishment of the United Nations.Yalta conferenceMeans of transport viable on land and water.amphibious vehiclePeriod of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union which lasted from 1946-1991Cold War1947 statement by President Truman promising military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey to protect them from communist expansion.Truman DoctrineSymbolic, ideologic, and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II until the end of the Cold War, roughly 1945 to 1991.Iron CurtainU.S. policy to keep communism within its existing boundaries and prevent further Soviet aggression.Policy of containmentMutually assured destruction. Concept of nuclear war deterrence based on the fact that any use of nuclear weapons would result in destruction of both combatants.MADThe manufacturing of machines and equipment for factories and mining.heavy industryState in which the government provides for the citizens a minimal standard of living by governmental services and economic aid.Welfare StateIs a term describing the intense anti-communist suspicion in the United States in a period that lasted roughly from the late 1940's to the late 1950's.McCarthyismThe sudden forcible overthrow of a governmentcoup d'etatA sudden brilliantly successful move.coupA lessening of tensions between nations, the easing of tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the 1070's.detenteThe Soviet restructuring of the economy under Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980's allowing limited free enterprise in the Soviet Union.perestroikaAn imperfection; fault; to forsake a party or cause especially so as to join the opposition.defect