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Mrs. Beeman
Mrs. Beemans 5th Grade History Class- Chapter 9 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| communism | a form of government that owns all of the businesses and property and makes all the decisions. |
| democracy | a form of government in which the people make the decisions |
| dictatorship | a form of government that has total control over people's lives |
| exile | to force to leave the country |
| Fascist | Italian political party that supported Mussolini's dictatorship |
| censor | to examine materials for unapproved ideas |
| collective | individual farms that were combined into larger government owned farms |
| empire | a group of lands and countries under one government |
| concentration camps | where prisoners were taken to do heavy labor |
| revolution | rebellion against the government |
| the Holocaust | the time of Jewish persecution during Hitler's Reich |
| Nuremberg Laws | laws taking away the freedom of the Jews |
| Nagasaki & Hiroshima | Japanese cities that the United States dropped atomic bombs on |
| USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| Joseph McCarthy | accused the people in the United States government of being Communist |
| Douglas MacArthur | Japan changed to a democracy under his leadership |
| Iron Curtain | the imaginary dividing line between Eastern Europe and Western Europe after World War II |
| Star of David | a yellow star every Jew was forced to wear on his clothing |
| atheist | a person who does not believe in God |
| Mein Kampf | a book written by Hitler |
| Reich | the German Empire, especially during the Nazi period |
| Hirohito | emperor of Japan during World War II |
| Adolf Hitler | the leader of the German Nazi Party and the dictator of Germand during World War II |
| Showa | a nickname given to Hirohito |
| der Fuhrer | title preferred by Hitler, meaning "the leader" |
| Brownshirts or storm troopers | Hitler's private army |
| Gestapo | Hitler's secret state police force used to find enemies of the government |
| Benito Mussolini | leader of the Italian Socialists Party and the dictator of Italy during World War II |
| Il Duce | title chosen by Mussolini for himself meaning "the leader" |
| Blackshirts | a group that would harm or kill anyone who did not agree with Mussolini |
| Joseph Stalin | the Communist leader of the Soviet Union during World War II |
| man of steel | nickname given to Joseph Stalin |
| All done | Study well for the test .Hope you do a great job on it |
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