WWII Vocab

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Totalitarianism government control over
every aspect of private and public life
Dictator a leader with absolute power and
no restrictions
Communism economic system where
everything is owned by the public; no private
property
Fascism belief that promotes extreme
nationalism and militarism with a dictator
Command Economy economy where the
government makes all decisions

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Depression a long and severe
recession in an economy
Nazism fascist beliefs of the Nazi
Party and a belief in racial superiority
Purge to get rid of or cleanse what is
undesirable
Scapegoat person/people blames for
others problems
Inflation when prices increase but
wages do not

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Aggression warlike act against a
country without just cause
Appeasement making concessions
to an aggressor to avoid war
Ghetto city neighborhoods where
Jews were forced to live
Persecute to harass or oppress
certain groups of people
Anti-Semitism discrimination
against Jews

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Blitzkrieg lightning war; fast moving
attacks
Genocide deliberate and systematic
extermination of a group of people
Holocaust mass slaughter of European
Jews by the Nazis
Rationing limiting the amount/type of
goods people can buy
Propaganda material spread to
support a cause or damage an
opponents cause