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The West Between the Wars

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a period of low economic activity and unemployment   depression  
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a government that tries to control all aspects of its citizens' lives   totalitarian state  
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a political system that puts the state above all else, has a strong leader, strong sense of nationalism, and glorifies the military   fascism  
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a system in which private farms are turned into large agricultural estates owned by the government   collectivization  
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a shortened form for the German National Socialist Workers' party or a member of that party   Nazi  
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a place where prisoners of war, political prisoners, or members of minority groups are confined under harsh conditions   concentration camps  
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a term misused by the Nazis to identify Germans, Scandinavians, ancient Romans, and Greeks as the "pure" race   Aryan  
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this organization was created within the Treaty of Versailles but the U.S. failed to join   League of Nations  
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the Treaty of Versailles forced this country to pay reparations for World War I, leading to a depression there   Germany  
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after World War I, this nation experienced about a decade of prosperity   the United States  
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overproduction in this area helped lead to the depression   agriculture  
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the severe global economic troubles of the 1930s became known as this   the Great Depression  
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this event marked the beginning of the Great Depression in the U.S.   stock market crash  
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the American stock market crashed in this year   1929  
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because the Weimar Republic in Germany printed more money to try to ease its economic troubles, this occurred   massive inflation  
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt began this series of economic and social reform programs to try to ease the Great Depression   the New Deal  
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because of the Great Depression, governments around the world became more involved in this   the economy  
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this man became the dictator of Italy in 1922   Benito Mussolini  
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Benito Mussolini instituted this type of government   fascist  
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this man was the dictator of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924   Vladimir Lenin  
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this man was the dictator of the Soviet Union from the late 1920s until 1953   Joseph Stalin  
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Lenin instituted this plan, which allowed for some aspects of a market economy   New Economic Policy (NEP)  
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Stalin instituted this plan, which called for rapid industrialization in the Soviet Union   5-Year Plan  
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during this time, Stalin killed or imprisoned anyone who he feared or who spoke against him   the Great Purge  
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between 1920 and 1922 and between 1932 and 1933, this occurred in the Soviet Union, which killed as many as 15 million people   famine  
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during the civil war in Russia, Lenin ordered this policy to be followed, in which the government controlled most industries and took grain for soldiers   war communism  
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this occurred in Spain between 1936 and 1939   civil war  
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he ruled Spain as the dictator from 1936 until his death in 1975   Francisco Franco  
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who was the leader of the Nazi Party   Adolf Hitler  
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Adolf Hitler became the leader of Germany in this year   1933  
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Hitler was called this title by the German people   fuhrer  
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these people were the main target of Hitler's attempt to purify Germany of "inferior" races   Jews  
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this organization was the secret police force of Nazi Germany and Hitler's bodyguard   the SS  
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Hitler gained power of the German government in this way   legally, through the Reichstag (German parliament)  
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Hitler solved this problem through public works projects, grants to private companies, and a massive military buildup   unemployment  
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this term means hatred of or prejudice against Jews   anti-Semitism  
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this night on November 9, 1938 marked a new violent stage in anti-Jewish policy in Germany   Kristallnacht  
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these two countries supported Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War   Italy and Germany  
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