Chapter 15- West Between the Wars Flashcards
the right of unions to negotiate with employers over wages and hours
collective bargaining
economic struggle of high unemployment and low economic activity
depression
when a government spends more then they have- eventually turns into debt
deficit spending
favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom.
authoritarian
a ruler with total power over a country- usually by force
dictator
government wants to take control of political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural lives of its people
totalitarian state
a political philosophy that glorifies the state above the individual by emphasizing the need for a strong, central government led by a dictator
fascism
the body of political and economic doctrines held and put into effect by the Nazis in Germany from 1933 to 1945 including the totalitarian principle of government, predominance of especially Germanic groups assumed to be racially superior, and supremacy of the führer.
nazism
a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
communism
system in which private farms are eliminated and peasants work for the government
collectivization
Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943.
Benito Mussolini
leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953.
Joseph Stalin
Austrian-born German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party. He was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and Führer of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945.
Adolf Hitler
hostility to or prejudice against Jews.
Anti-semitism
