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WORLD HIST UNIT 8

The Years Between Wars

TermDefinition
Fascism system of government characterized by strict social and economic control and a strong, centralized government usually headed by a dictator
Totalitarianism modern government with control over every aspect of public and private life
Roaring Twenties decade of economic growth and widespread prosperity, driven by recovery from wartime devastation and deferred spending, a boom in construction, and the rapid growth of consumer goods
Propaganda information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
Censorship forbidding the views of people who disagree with the government
The Great Purge large-scale repression of relatively wealthy peasants (kulaks); ethnic cleansing operations against ethnic minorities
The Five-Year Plans Stalins economic plan in Soviet Union, meant to increase factory and farm production
Blackshirts private army that broke up strikes and socialist meetings, gaining Mussolini popularity
Mein Kampf book written by Adolf Hitler during his imprisonment in 1923-1924, in which he set forth his beliefs and his goals for Germany
Gestapo the secret state police in Nazi Germany
Gulag Soviet work camps, mostly located in Siberia
Adolf Hitler leader of the Nazi Party in Germany during WWII, who became a totalitarian dictator & wanted to create a pure "Aryan" race
Joseph Stalin totalitarian dictator of Russia who succeeded Lenin
Benito Mussolini ruler of Italy whose goal was to create a colonial empire, and agreed to ally with Germany and become one of the Axis Powers during WWII
Hideki Tojo Japanese politician and general of the Imperial Japanese Army who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association for most of World War II
Hirohito emperor of Japan who ruled during a time of economic crisis for Japan as well as throughout WWII
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