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101.** Joseph Stalin- ** “man of steel,” Stalin focused on creating a model communist state. He made industrial growth the prime economic goal of the Soviet Union. Stalin abolished all privately owned farms and replaced them with large government-owned farms, each worked by hundreds of families. Burchett-Book 102. **Benito Mussolini** - established a totalitarian regime in Italy, where unemployment and inflation produced bitter strikes, some communist-led. Burchett-book 103.**appeasemen**t- giving up principles to pacify an aggressor Burchett-book 104.**rationing**- establishing fixed allotments of goods deemed essential for the military. burchett-book

105.**George Marshall**- army chief and staff general who pushed for Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC). burchett-book 106. **Battle of the Bulge**- a battle during World War II; in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise. **Madelyn Ismert** -Dictionary 107.**Afrika Korps-** A German army force sent to North Africa in 1941 under General Rommel. **Madelyn Ismert** - Dictionary 108.**United Nations**- An international organization of countries set up in 1945, in succession to the League of Nations, to promote international peace, security, and cooperation. **Madelyn Ismert** -Dictionary 109.**Yalta Confernce**- a conference held in Yalta in February 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of World War II and agreed to the territorial division of Europe. **Madelyn Ismert** - Dictionary

110.**Enola Gay**- the name of the American B-29 bomber, piloted by Col. Paul Tibbets, Jr., that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima,Japan on Aug. 6, 1945. **Madelyn Ismert**- Dictionary 111. price support: Government assistance in maintaining the levels of market prices regardless of supply or demand. They were for key products such as wheat, corn, cotton, and tobacco.dictionary M. Lankford 112. credit: an arrangement in which consumers agreed to buy now and pay later for purchases. This was often in the form of an installment plan (usually in monthly payments) that included interest charges. Book M. Lankford 113. Alfred E. Smith: Republican candidate Herbert Hoover against Democrat. Book M. Lankford 114. Dow Jones: was the most widely used barometer of the stock market’s health. The Dow is a measure based on the stock prices of 30 representative large firms trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Book M. Lankford 115. speculation: they bought stocks and bonds on the chance of a quick profit, while ignoring the risks. Book M. Lankford 116. buying on margin: paying a small percentage of a stock’s price as a down payment and borrowing the rest. 117. Black Tuesday: on October 29 Shareholders frantically tried to sell before prices plunged even lower. The number of shares dumped that day was a record 16.4 million. Additional millions of shares could not find buyers. People who had bought stocks on credit were stuck with huge debts as the prices plummeted, while others lost most of their savings. Book M. Lankford 118.Great Depression: the period from 1929 to 1940 in which the economy plummeted and unemployment skyrocketed. The crash alone did not cause the Great Depression, but it hastened the collapse of the economy and made the depression more severe. Book M. Lankford 119. Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act: which established the highest protective tariff in United States history. It was designed to protect American farmers and manufacturers from foreign competition. Yet it had the opposite effect. By reducing the flow of goods into the United States, the tariff prevented other countries from earning American currency to buy American goods. Book M. Lankford

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