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| | |[[The Holocaust]] | | |[[The Holocaust]] |
| − | |Germany blamed Jews for its problems. In 1935 a law was passed to prevent Jews from holding government offices, and during WWII Germany established concentration camps that exterminated millions of Jews (and millions of Christians too). Poland was the location of the most concentration camps (but they should be called "Nazi concentration camps," not "Polish concentration camps," because Poland was run by the Nazi conquerors). Most of the victims of the Holocaust were Polish (both Jewish and Christian). | + | |Germany blamed Jews for its problems. In 1935 a law was passed to prevent Jews from holding government offices, and during WWII Germany established concentration camps that exterminated millions of Jews (and millions of Christians too). Poland was the location of the most Nazi concentration camps. Most of the victims of the Holocaust were Polish (both Jewish and Christian). |
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| | |[[Joseph Stalin]] | | |[[Joseph Stalin]] |
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| | |Easter Rising | | |Easter Rising |
| − | |(April 24-30, 1916) Irishmen seeking independence from Britain captured key locations in Dublin and proclaimed an Irish Republic; British suppressed this and executed its leaders | + | |(April 24-30, 1916) Irishmen seeking independence from Britain captured key locations in Dublin and proclaimed an Irish Republic; Britain suppressed this and executed its leaders |
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| | |Irish Republic | | |Irish Republic |
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| | |globalism | | |globalism |
| − | |the opposite of “nationalism”; “globalism” views the world as one political unit, as one massive village | + | |the opposite of “nationalism”, “globalism” views the world as one political unit, as one massive village |
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| − | |[[Gandhi]] | + | |Mahatma [[Gandhi]] |
| − | |spiritual Hindu leader who set out to win independence for India through peaceful civil disobedience | + | |spiritual Hindu leader who achieved independence for India from Britain in 1947 by emphasizing peaceful civil disobedience |
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| | |free trade | | |free trade |
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| | |GATT | | |GATT |
| − | |(1947) stands for “General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,” in which western nations promoted free trade by first freezing tariffs (taxes on goods sent between nations), and later began reducing the tariffs | + | |(1947) stands for “General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,” in which western nations promoted free trade by first prohibiting increases in tariffs (taxes on goods sent between nations), and by later reducing the tariffs |
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| | |World Trade Organization | | |World Trade Organization |