Chapter 13 Section 4: Dictators in Europe Flashcards
What is the attempt by government to control all aspects of life called?
Totalitarinism
Who were the three main dictators who rose to power after World War I?
Mussiolini, Hitler, and Stalin
What political party did Mussiolini form in 1919?
The National Facist Party
What is an authoritatian form of government that places the good of the nation above all else, including individual needs and rights?
Facism
Who is an all-powerful leader who makes all decisions called?
A dictator
What was the event called that convinced Italy’s king to put Mussiolini as the head of Italy’s government?
The March on Rome
What was the Five Year Plan?
It established production goals fpr factories and mines.
Why did Stalin establish a totalitarinism state?
He felt that it was necessary in order to strengthen the communist system.
Stalin believed that the millions of small, individual farms would be more productive if they were combined into larger farms, known as…
Collectivization
The system of labor camps in the remote and frigid reigon of Siberia was known as the…
Gulag
Stalin’s campaign that he launched because he feared that people were plotting against him was known as…
The great purge
What was the republican government founded after World War I in Germany?
The Weimar Republic
Where was Hitler born?
Austria
Why did Hitler get arrested?
He tried to overthrow the government
What was the book titled that Hitler wrote while in jail?
Mein Kampf
When was Hitler appointed to the position of Chancellor?
1933
The German empire under Hitler is often referred to as the…
Third Reich
What title did Hitler take?
Fuhrer
The hostility or prejudice against Jews is known as…
Anti-Semitism
What created a seperate legal status for German Jews, eliminating their citizenship and many civil and property rights?
The Nuremberg Laws
What was the night called that the German government encouraged anti-Jewish riots across Germany and Austria?
Kristallnacht
