Definitions

Great Depression (pg. 508): A severe worldwide economic downturn marked by unemployment and bank failures.
New Deal (pg. 510): A set of programs implemented to help the U.S. recover from the Great Depression, focusing on relief, reform, and recovery.
Totalitarian State (pg. 513): A system of government where the government has complete control over every aspect of public and private life.
Fascism (pg. 513): An authoritarian and nationalistic political ideology that emphasizes the importance of the nation.
Hyperinflation (pg. 524): An extremely high and typically accelerating rate of inflation.
Appeasement (pg. 539): The policy of making concessions to an aggressive power to avoid conflict.
Axis powers (pg. 540): coalition of countries led by Germany, Italy and Japan during wwII
Anschluss (pg. 541): annexation of Austria by nazi germany. Increased hitlers power and violated treaty of Versailles
Anti-Semitism: discrimination against Jews people led to including the holocaust during wwll
Blitzkrieg: military tactic used by Germany during wwll that overwhelmed the enemy into attacking
Kamikaze: Japanese divided pilots attacking enemies
Ultranationalist: extreme devotion to one’s nation leading to exclusion towards other groups