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6495389053Adolf HitlerBorn in Austria, became a radical German nationalist during World War I. He became dictator of Germany in 1933. He led Europe into World War II.0
6495389054Albert EinsteinPhysicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity.1
6495389055AntisemitismPrejudice against Jews2
6495389056Benito MussoliniFascist dictator of Italy (1922-1943). He led Italy to conquer Ethiopia (1935), joined Germany in the Axis pact (1936), and allied Italy with Germany in World War II. He was overthrown in 1943 when the Allies invaded Italy.3
6495389057Black ThursdayOctober 24, 1929; stock market crashes and almost 13 million shares are sold that day alone4
6495389058ChauvinismBoastful devotion to one's country5
6495389059DadaismAn artistic movement that had a purposely nonsensical name, expressing its total rejection of previous modern art.6
6495389060EugenicsScience of improving a breed or species through selection of parents7
64953890611st 5 Year PlanPlan that doubled industrial output8
6495389062FDR32nd President of the United States9
6495389063Great PurgeA campaign of terror directed at eliminating anyone who threatened Stalin's power10
6495389064John Maynard KeynesBritish economist who argued that for a nation to recovery fully from a depression, the govt had to spend money to encourage investment and consumption11
6495389065StalinRussian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition12
6495389066KulkasWealthy peasants.13
6495389067National SocialismA form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism14
6495389068New DealA series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression.15
6495389069PogromAn organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jews in Russia or eastern Europe.16
6495389070FreudAustrian physician who approached psychology while trying to treat mental disorders, focused on the unconscious17
6495389071War CommunismA system introduced under Bolshevik rule after 1917 which involved land being seized and redistributed, factories given to the workers, banks being nationalized, and church property being granted to the state. This was enforced by the Cheka.18
6495389072XenophobiaFear or hatred of foreigners19

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