Chapter 15 Flashcards
a government controlled by a temporary alliance of several political parties
coalition government
the republic that was established in Germany in 1919 and ended in 1933
Weimar Republic
the severe economic slump that followed the collapse of the US stock market
Great Depression
president that was elected after the depression bean
Franklin D Roosevelt
US President Franklin Roosevelt’s economic reform program designed to solve the problems created by the Great Depression
New Deal
a political movement that promotes an extreme for of nationalism, a denial of individual rights, and a dictorial one-party rule
fascism
a newspaper editor and politician who took leadership in Italy
Benito Mussolini
the leader of the Nazi party who takes control of Germany
Adolf Hitler
the fascist policies of the National Socialist German workers part, based on totalitarianism, a belief in racial superiority and state control of industry
Nazism
“My Struggle”- a book written by Adolf Hitler during his imprisonment in 1923-1924, in which he set forth his beliefs and goals for Germany
Mein Kampf
living space
lebensraum
the making of concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid war
appeasement
in world war II, the nation of Germany, Italy, and Japan, which had formed an Alliance
Axis Powers
the general who became Spain’s Fascist dictator
Francisco Franco
a policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other countries
isolationism
