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depression
Feeling of deep sadness that lasts a long time
deficit
The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
new deal
The historic period in the United States during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic
totalitarian
An adherent of ___ principles or ___ government
fascism
A political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government
politburo
The chief executive and ___ committee of the Communist Party
mussolini
Italian fascist dictator
stalin
Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state
franco
Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his
concentration camp
A penal ___ where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined
ideology
An orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
hitler
German Nazi dictator during World War II
demilitarized
To do away with the military organization and potential of
rhineland
A picturesque region of Germany around the ___ river
blitzkrieg
To fight a quick and surprising war
roosevelt
32nd President of the United States
japan
Island country in Asia with Tokyo as its capital
germany
European country whose capital is Berlin
britain
A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles
normandy
A former province of northwestern France on the English channel
churchill
British statesman and leader during World War II
hiroshima
A port city on the southwestern coast of Honshu in Japan
internment
Confinement during wartime
auschwitz
A Nazi concentration camp for Jews in southwestern Poland during World War II

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