Authoritarian States and Stalin's Soviet Union Flashcards
What is totalitarianism?
Radical dictators that made “total claims” on the beliefs and behavior of their citizens
What was the traditional form of anti-democratic government in European history?
conservation authoritarianism
What is fascism?
A movement characterized by extreme, of expansionist nationalism, antisocialism, a dynamic and violent leader, and glorification of war and the military.
What is eugenics?
A pseudoscience that maintained that the selective breeding of human beings could improve the general characteristic of a national population.
Who were the leaders that followed fascism?
Mussolini and Hitler
What was the Holocaust?
The purging of Jews and other groups who were deemed “undesirable” in Germany.
What socialistic groups were sworn enemies?
Communist and Fascist
What made the communist weak as a group?
They were split in half, some people would call themselves socialists and others would call themselves self-communist.
Who launched two five-year plans?
Joseph Stalin
What were the goals of the five-year plans?
They were radical plans to transform the Soviet Union into a communist state. The ultimate goal was to generate new attitudes, loyalties, and a new socialist humanity.
Who created the New Economic Plan?
Lenin
What was the goal of the New Economic Plan?
Was a policy to re-establish limited economic freedom in an attempt to rebuild agriculture and industry in the face of economic disintegration.
Who were the Kronstadt sailors?
A group of pre-Bolshevik specialized sailors who were stationed at an island fort.
What did the Kronstadt sailors do?
They rebelled against Stalin.
Why were common people still angry after the end of the Civil War?
They did not regain any freedoms, conditions did not improve.
