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Rise of totalitaria
Terms to know about the rise of totalitarian states
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Censorship | Banning of all written, spoken, or visual messages critical of the government. |
| Media | Systems of communication such as newspapers, radio, and television programs. |
| Black shirts | Mussolini's fascist followers |
| Fascism | The form of government that glorifies the state above the individual |
| Communism | Ends all class differences and all private property |
| Reichstag | The lower house of the German legislature |
| Enabling act | This act allowed the government to ignore the construction so as to solve Germany's economic problems. |
| Stalinism | A brutal form of communism imposed by a small group of party leaders |
| Anti-semitism | Intense dislike and prejudice against the Jewish people. |
| Purged | Forcibly removed |
| Politburo | The policy-making body of the communist party |
| Five year plans | These plans set economic goals for five-year periods |
| Collectivized | Combined small farms into big ones |
| Militarism | Under this the nation puts its military above everything |
| Authoritarian | Dictatorships |