Historical Terms and Figures

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Long March

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Epic march in which a group of Chinese Communists retreated from Guomindang forces by marching over 6000 miles.

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Nuremberg Laws

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Laws approved by the Nazi Party in 1935, depriving Jews of German citizenship and taking some rights away from them.

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Third Reich

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Official name of the Nazi Party for its regime in Germany; held power from 1933 - 1945.

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Guomindang

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Nationalist party that was active in China from 1912 - 1949.

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Socialist Realism

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Artistic style whose goal was to promote socialism by showing Soviet life in a positive light.

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Benito Mussolini

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Fascist leader of Italy throughout the 1920s until 1943.

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Adolf Hitler

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Chancellor of Germany from 1933 - 1945 and leader of the Nazi Party.

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Gestapo

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Secret police in Nazi Germany.

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Black Shirt

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Any member of the militant combat squads of Italian Fascists set up under Mussolini.

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Collective

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Large farm owned and operated by peasants as a group.