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Mrs. Beeman
Mrs. Beemans 5th Grade History Class- Chapter 9 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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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 |