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Boycott a refusal to do business with particular people or companies with the intent of pressuring them into changing some political, economic, or social aspect of their operation
Civil Disobedience the refusal to follow certain laws, especially as a means to force the government to change something. Usually nonviolent in its principles, civil disobedience has been a central feature of many American protest movements.
Gestapo the Nazi regime's secret state police that existed in German-held European territory during 1933-1945
Atheism a philosophy that denies the existence of a god or gods.
Gulag a Russian abbreviation for "Chief Administration of Corrective Labor Camps," was a system of forced-labor camps in the Soviet Union that existed from the 1920s to the 1950s.
Fascism a political ideology that originated in South and Central Europe and which was the basis of a mass political movement from 1919 through 1945.
Totalitarianism a type of government that uses force to control the nation's politics, society, and culture.
Famine an extreme lack of food in a geographical area, usually the consequence of an inadequate food supply over an extended period of time.
Apartheid an Afrikaans word meaning "apartness" was the name given to the program of racial segregation implemented in South Africa after World War II.
Nationalization the process of a government taking possession of privately owned businesses and industries.
Negritude (Movement) a literary movement of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s started in France by African and Caribbean writers to protest colonialism and assimilation.
Good Neighbor Policy originated during President Herbert Hoover's term in the late 1920s as a policy of non-intervention in Latin America.
The Great Purge an event during the 1930s in the Soviet Union, eliminated any opposition to Joseph Stalin as he cemented his control of the Communist Party and the Soviet government.
Collectivization (of agriculture) an early-20th-century policy put forth by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, whose goal was to eliminate private farms in favor of collective farms in order to speed industrialization.
Anti-Semitism hostility directed at Jews on political, social, economic, and religious levels.
Blitzkrieg a German word translated as "lightning war," refers to the use of heavy tanks, equipment, and aircraft on an enemy's rear forces rather than making a frontal attack.
Authoritarian a political system that favors a concentration of power in a leader or an elite group of people.
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