concepts/ideas Flashcards
totalitarianism
dictatorial government controlling all aspects of society with propaganda and heavy censorship
Facism
Form of authoritarian government that is totalitarian and nationalistic ( racial purity usually)
elements of facism
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Totalitarianism
Militarism
Anti-democratic
Cult of personality
Scapegoating
Propaganda
Suppression of the dissent
Corporatism
Appeasement
Britain letting Germany take more land to avoid war
Indigenous Canadians
no citizenship rights
why? they wanted to prove loyalty, get food, travel, fight for what was right etc.
Experiences of Black Canadians
less racism
no segregated battalions
some resistance to get in the army
fought everywhere
Experiences of Chinese Canadians
lots rejected from enlisting
second class citizen treatment
most could not vote
segregated
chinese immigration ban still in effect
Experiences of Ukranian Canadians
welcomed into the military (ussr was on allied side now, right?)
Experiences of Japanese Canadians
most were turned away from enlisting
racial slurs
“Phony” War
the nations scrambled to even start a war after announcing it
france + germany align themselves… and do nothing for 7 months
Mouseholing
sneaking through homes by bombing