SS6H3 Vocabulary

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Allies

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the victorious alliance of nations in World War I

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Armistice

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a formal ceasefire

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Central Powers

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the defeated alliance of nations in World War I

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Communism

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a sociopolitical model wherein all property is publicly owned and workers are paid according to their abilities and needs

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Depression

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in economics, a long-term, sustained downturn in economic activity

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Fascist

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a political movement supporting strong, authoritarian government dictatorship

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Vladimir Lenin

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leader of the communist revolution in Russia during World War I

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Nazism

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a political movement in Germany, from the end of World War I through the end of World War II, which espoused totalitarian government, staunch nationalism, and racial supremacy

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Soviet Union

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a federation of communist countries in Eastern Europe, led by Russia, from the time of the Russian Revolution until its collapse in 1991 at the end of the Cold War

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Treaty of Versailles

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the 1919 treaty which formally brought World War I to an end