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Commonwealth of Nations | formed by the British after World War I, it included Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa |
general strike | occurs when workers in many different industries strike at the same time |
IRA | carried on guerilla war against British forces in the Irish civil war |
Maginot Line | French built this fortification along their border with Germany |
New Deal | package of programs introduced by Franklin Roosevelt to help end the Great Depression |
cubism | art syle that breaks three dimensional objects into fragments |
flappers | 1920s women who rejected tradition |
Jazz Age | name given to the 1920s due to the popularity of a new type of music |
stream of consciousness | writing technique that explores inner thoughts without imposing logic or order |
Black Shirts | supporters of Mussolini who achieved his aims through violence |
corporate state | type of state that Mussolini established in which the economy was controlled by the government |
Fascist party | name of the party organized in Italy by Mussolini |
Il Duce | name Mussolini gave himself after seizing power |
concentration camp | detention centers for civilians considered to be enemies of the state |
Dawes Plan | 1924 agreement in which France withdrew its troops from the Ruhr, and American loans helped the German economy |
Kristallnacht | Night of the Broken Glass, in which mobs attacked Jewish communities across Germany |
Mein Kampf | book written by Hitler while in jail that details Nazi goals and ideology |
Third Reich | period in which Hitler ruled Germany in the manner of past emperors |