Chaper 15- Vocab Flashcards
Collective bargaining
The right of unions (group of workers) to negotiate with employers over wages and hours
Depression
A severe period of low economic activity and rising unemployment
Deficit spending
When a govt pays out more money than it takes in through taxation and other revenues, thus going into debt
Totalitarian state
A govt that aims to control the political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural lives of its citizens
Fascism
A political philosophy that emphasizes the need for a strong central govt led by a dictator, put the govt above personal needs
Collectivization
A system in which private farms are eliminated and peasants work land owned by the govt
Authoritarian
Obedience to govt authority rather than having personal freedom
Dictator
A ruler having absolute power over a country
Communism
System of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state
Nazism
Principles/methods of the Political party in which ruled by Hitler
Anti-semitism
discrimination against Jews.
Adolf Hitler
Extreme nationalist who fought in WWI for Germany and became the ruler of the Nazi Party
Joseph Stalin
Communist dictator of Russia
Benito Mussolini
He set up the first European fascist movement in Italy which was the League of Combat. Was made dictator of Italy