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| Ruler who has absolute authority |
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| Political system based on extreme nationalism that gives power to a dictator and takes away individual rights |
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| German brand of fascism; NAZI is the National Socialist Party. |
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| "My Struggle." Book by Hitler outlining his beliefs and goals for Germany |
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| German for "living space" |
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| Policy of giving in to an aggressor's demands in order to keep the peace |
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| Belief that political ties with other countries should be avoided |
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| German Empire created by Hitler; would last 1000 years. |
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| Republican government of Germany after WWI; blamed for problems within Germany. |
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| Global economic downturn that began in 1929 |
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| 1938; Agreement between Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany that allowed Hitler to sieze the Sudentland |
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| Agreement that says countries will not attack or invade one another |
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| "Lightning War;" Hitler's plan of warfare in which surprise air attacks are followed by massive attacks on land |
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| Navy base in Hawaii attacked by Japanese on 12/7/1941; launched the United States into WW2. |
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| Fascist leader of Germany |
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| "Divine wind;" Name given to Japanese suicide pilots |
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| Hitler's (incorrectly) labeling of Germanic people's; Indo-Europeans |
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| The systematic mass slaughter of Jews and other groups judged inferior by Adolf Hitler between 1933 and 1945. |
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| aka The Night of Broken Glass; 11/9/1938; Organized violence (pogrom) against Jewish synagogues and shops. Thousands of Jews were removed to concentration camps. |
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| Fascist dictator of Spain |
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| Jewish Quarter; These poor areas of cities were sealed off and surrounded by barbed wire or walls and housed all the Jews from the city. They were characterized by overcrowding, malnutrition, and hard labor. |
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| Nazi euphemism for the plan to exterminate the Jews of Europe. |
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| Attempt to destroy an entire ethnic or religious group |
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| Trials of Nazi leaders charged with crimes against humanity in Nuremberg, Germany |
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| Breaking down armed forces |
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| Declaration of principles (free trade, right to form own govt) issued by Winston Churchill & FDR in August 1941 |
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| The Nazi policy of denying Jews basic civil rights such as practicing religion, education, and adequate housing |
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| Opposition and discrimination against Jews. |
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| Anti-Jewish statutes enacted by Germany on September 15, 1935, marking a major step in clarifying racial policy and removing Jewish influences from Hitler's "Aryan" society. |
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