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World War II
Question | Answer |
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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 |