Dictatorships Unit Final Flashcards
whats indoctrination
the government controls all forms of media and uses it to present why the government is great
whats force and terror
use of extreme measures to destroy all opposition to the government
whats scapegoating
when a certain group is blamed for creating/causing the problems of the nation
whats controlled participation
when elections are held even if there is no real choice of leader
what are the four techniques of dictatorship
indoctrination, force and terror, scapegoating, controlled participation
whats the reichstage
german parliament
when did hitler gain power legally
1933
what allowed Hitler to gain complete power
the enabling act
what was the treaty of versailles
terms Germany was forced to accept as a surrender in WWI
who initiated Russian communist revolution
lenin
whos the politburo
highest decision making body in a communist party
who was stalins main rival as lenins replacement
trotsky
what was stalins first step to becoming leader
accepted position of general secretary of the communist party during lenins leadership
difference between Trotsky and Stalin views
Trosky wanted revolution in countries threatening USSR; Stalin wanted to strengthen USSR
what were gulags
forced labour/prison camps
name of russian secret police force
KGB
who were kulaks
wealthy farmers that resisted stalins collectivization
whats bolshevik
Russian political party led by lenin
who started communism
karl marx
what did marx believe about a capitalist economy
the market system allowed the exploiting of workers
whats the proletariat
working class
whats the bourgeoisie
class of wealthy capitalists business own
what did Gorbachev do
move away from extreme communism and take steps to get to more of a western style economy
authoritarianism definition
form of government where all major decisions are made by a small group of people or one single person
military dictatorship definition
form of government where military leaders control all key political positions after overthrowing the previous government
whats luddites
people opposed to new technology
whats chartism
working class movement in britain that focused on political and social reform
what did the luddites do
protest against industrialixation and mechanization by breaking into factories and destroying machines
whos the founder of utopian socialism
rovert owen
whats a utopian socialist
humanitarians who advocatred an end to appaling conditions of the average worker in industrial capitalist countries
3 core values of communist manifesto
abolishment of private ownership, centralization of power to the state, universal education to create equality of outcome
was Hitler considered national or international and why
national because wanted to create prosperity for that specific nation
was Stalin considered national or international and why
international because goal was to spread communism throughout the world
whos the Weimar government
the government in power in germamny after WWI who the NAZIS overthrew
Marxism core beleifs
- society divided into social classes with capitalist class exploiting working class
- should abolish private property
- establish classless society
- woriers need to unite and become collective to overthrow capitalist government
what did john maynard Keynes want
government intervention in the economy to promote stability and growth
