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Communism

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All property is publicly owned and each person is paid to there abilities and needs

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Imperialism

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Showing country’s power through military forces and diplomacy

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Nationalism

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The feeling of pride for your country and Superiority twords other nations

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Fascist

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A system of government dominated by a single dictator

Strong central government

Individuals have few rights

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Civilians

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Non solders

WWll was the first war to target and attack the enemy countries civilians

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Unification

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the process of being united or made into a whole.

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Totalitarian

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state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to control every aspect of public and private life

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Atomic bomb

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A nuclear bomb most destructive weapon

Dropped on Japan and won WWll

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Containment

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the action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence

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Racism

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Racism is the belief in the superiority of one race over another

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Trench warfare

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opposing troops on a large felid on the ends facing each other in trenches fighting

The center of the field is called no mans land

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Death camps

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he Nazis established killing centers for efficient mass murder, which served primarily as detention and labor centers and killing centers

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Nazi party

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Hitlers followers and army

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The Truman Doctrine

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American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War

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Apartheid

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(in South Africa) a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.

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Marshall plan

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The Marshall Plan was an American initiative to aid Western Europe

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Assembly line

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An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which a product is being made from workstation to workstation where the parts are added in sequence until the final assembly is produced.

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Multinational empire

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A group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress

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Mass production

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the manufacture of large quantities of standardized products