Unit 8: The Interwar Years Vocab

Honors World History- NELSON

Proletariat

the laboring class; the class of industrial workers who lack their own means of production and hence sell their labor to live

Bourgeoise

the capital class who own most of society’s wealth and means of production

Hacienda

a large estate especially in a Spanish-speaking country

Peonage

the use of laborers bound in servitude because of debt

Economic Depression

a sustained period of significant economic decline

Populism

a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups

Fascism

a militant political movement that emphasizes loyalty to the state and obedience to a leader

Totalitarianism

a system of government in which a dictator has total control over every aspect of its citizen’s lives

Authoritarianism

a system of government that uses institutions to control its citizen’s lives

Eugenics

a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of the human population by permitting only people with characteristics judged desirable to reproduce

Antisemitism

hostility towards or prejudice or discrimination against Jewish people as a religious or racial group

What were the effects of World War I?

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