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World War II
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Totalitariansm | political leadership with one leader having absolute power |
| Benito Mussolini | Italy's 40th Prime MInister One of the founders of Italian fascism |
| March on Rome | In 1922, Mussolini gathered 20,000 'Blackshirts' (semi-military group) outside Rome and demanded that the government be turned over to him |
| Weimar Republic | republic created by new leaders in Germany after the Kaiser gave up power |
| Inflation | rising trend in prices due to the amount of money available relative to the number of goods and services availible |
| Adolf Hitler | 1889 - 1945Chancellor of the Weimar Republic in 1933 |
| NAZI | an acronym for the German Socialist Workers' Party ruled by adolf Hitler |
| Anit-Semitism | Discrimination against Jews either for their religion or ethnic origins |
| Scapegoat | someone who takes the blame for others' action |
| Enabling Act | Hitler forced parliament to pass an Act, which made him all-powerful thus making Germany a totalitarian state |
| Night of the Long Knives | June 30 - July 2, 1934mass murders were carried out on Hitler's orders. He wanted to get rid of 'enemies of the state'. |
| Nuremburg Laws | 1933 - 1939a package of laws enacted against Jews -had to wear star of David-lost property and careers-could not mix with regular population -lost their citizenship |
| Kristallnacht | "Night of Glass" November 9, 1938Hitler commanded NAZI's to attack Jews and their property |