Dictatorships And The Second World War Re imagined Flashcards

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Where did Conservative authoritarianism get it’s roots?

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Europe

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Conservative authoritarianism

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anti-democratic form of government that believed in avoiding change but was limited in its power and objectives.

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Conservative authoritarianism

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anti-democratic form of government that believed in avoiding change but was limited in its power and objectives.

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When and where was Conservative authoritarianism revived?

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Conservative authoritarianism revived after the First World War in eastern Europe, Spain, and Portugal.

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Why was conservative authoritariasim revived in Europe Span and Portugal?

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  • These countries lacked a strong tradition of self-government.
  • Many were torn by ethnic conflicts.
  • Large landowners and the church looked to dictators to save them from land reform.
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Hungary as an example of conservative authoritiasim

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rule by landlords in a highly nationalistic and conservative state—without reform.

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7
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Examples of conservative authoritarianism

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Portland Portugal and Hungary

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8
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New Authoriatism States were The new authoritarian governments were more concerned with __________ than with forcing society into rapid change.

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mantaining the status quo

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9
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New radical dictatorships in the 1920s and 1930s were based on ________________.

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rejection of parliamentary democracy and liberal values, along with unprecedented control over the masses.

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10
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When do some historians claim that totalitarianism emerged?

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Some historians claim that the concept of totalitarianism emerged from the First World War and the Russian civil war,

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When do some historians claim that totalitarianism emerged?

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The induvidual’s freedoms were limited because the world was at war

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12
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What did totalirism use to try and control the people?

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modern tech communications

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What did Totalirism emphasize?

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totalitarianism stressed that the individual was less important than the state.

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14
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What is a rebel against liberism?

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Totalirism

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15
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What is totalirism based on

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the masses

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16
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What does totalirism believe in

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Putting society towards a greater goal

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17
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Facism

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Fascism is a form of totalitarianism—with emphasis on expansionist nationalism and anti-socialism—

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18
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Reason for establishment of NEP

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By 1921 Russia’s economy was destroyed

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Effects of NEP

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Peasants bought and sold goods on the free market.
Agricultural production grew, and industrial production surpassed the prewar level.

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20
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What did NEP do and why?

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re-established limited economic freedom in an attempt to rebuild agriculture and industry.

21
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What did NEP stand for?

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(Lenin’s) New Economic Policy

22
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What caused a struggle for power in Russia?

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Economic recovery+ Lenin’s death caused a struggle for power.

23
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Who won the struggle for power caused by Russia?

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Stalin

24
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How did Stalin met the ethnic demands for independence?

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by granting minority groups limited freedoms.

25
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Meaning of Stalin’s theory of “socialism in one country,”

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Russia building its own socialist society,

26
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Trotsky’s theory of “permanent revolution

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the overthrow of other European states.

27
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Was Stalin’s theory of “socialism in one country,” more attractive to many Communists, or was Trotsky’s theory of “permanent revolution,”

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Stalin’s theory

28
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By 1927, Stalin had crushed all opposition and was ready to ___________

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launch an economic-social revolution.

29
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What did Stalin want to do to the NEP?

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Get rid of it

30
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What did Stalin want?

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Stalin wanted to erase the NEP, spur the economy, and catch up with the West.

31
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Why did Stalin wage a preventive war against the better-off peasants, the kulaks?

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to bring them and their land under state control.

32
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Who did Stalin wage a preemtive war aginst

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the kulaks

33
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Who were the kulaks?

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the better off peasents

34
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forcible consolidation of individual peasant farms into large, state-controlled enterprises—resulted in _________

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disaster for agriculture and unparalleled human tragedy but a political victory for Stalin and the Communist party, as the peasants were eliminated as a potential threat.

35
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What did the 5 year plans do for the industry, and who aided this?

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The five-year plans brought about a spectacular growth of heavy industry, especially with the aid of government control of the workers and foreign technological experts.

36
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What did massive investments mean for the workers?

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low standards of living for workers.

37
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Stalin’s_________ created fear and eliminated any opposition.

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reign of terror and mass purges

38
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What was common in arts

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propaganda

39
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Good things in Stalnist society

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  • better edu
40
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Women in Soviet Union

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  • Better opportunities in industry and education.
  • equality of rights for women.
  • divorce and abortion were made easy
  • liberated themselves sexually.
  • Most women had to work to help support their families in addition to caring for the home and the children.
41
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What proclaimed complete equality of rights for women?

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The 1917 revolution proclaimed complete equality of rights for women.

42
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What problems did Italy have when moving towards democracy?

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Catholics, conservatives, and landowners hated liberalism and the country was divided.

43
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Where did the Socialist party gain power prior to 1914

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Italy

44
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  • What ended the move towards democracy in Italy
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the first world war and post war

45
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The Russian revolution energized Italy’s socialists into_______

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occupying factories and farms.

46
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How did most itallians feel about liberal and parilentary government by 1922?

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Most Italians were opposed to liberal, parliamentary government.

47
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How did Mussolini oppose socialist threat?

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physical force (the black shirts)

48
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What did Mussolini force the king to do?

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make him head of gov