Geography-WWII And The Dictators Flashcards
Who was Joseph Stalin?
Dictator of the Soviet Union
What did Stalin do that resulted 10 million deaths?
He wanted to transform Soviet Union into an industrial power and formed collective farms
How Stalin keep in power?
Propaganda and fear
Who was the leader of the fascist party?
Benito Mussolini
Who opposed liberalism and socialism?
Benito Mussolini
What did Benito Mussolini do to stay in power?
Outlawed political parties, took over the press, created secret police, organized youth groups to indoctrinate the young, and suppressed strikes
Who was Adolf Hitler?
Dictator who killed more six million, started the Nazi party, born in Austria(early life Vienna), started his grow to power in Germany
What were hitler’s core beliefs?
Anti-Semitic(Jewish);wanted to have a perfect Aryan race in his country(blue eyes, blond hair)
What was the book hitler wrote in jail in 1924?
Mein Kamph(he was in jail because he tried to take over the German army)
What was hitler’s main fear?
The growth of communism(largest party)
What were hitler’s total state techniques?
Propaganda, mass demonstrations, rear armament of the military, and control of police using terror and nazi ideology(secret police, execution and extermination camps), and took over churches and youth groups
What Was the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression pact?
Signed August 23, 1939. Agreed not to attack one another and to divide Poland and recognize each other’s territorial ambitions
What was the blitzkrieg?
Hitler’s military tactics(lighting war-surprise attacks)
What were the axis powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan
What were the allies?
Britain, France, Soviet Union, China, and USA
What were the neutrality acts?
1936: forbid loans to the belligerent countries
1937: “Cash and Carry” principle-all nations must pay for nonmilitary purchases and ship the goods to their own vessels
1939: prohibited the Americans from traveling to the belligerent countries
1940: Lend Lease program- offered to Great Britain, FDR promises to sell, lease, lend, or dispose of any government when he thought it was in the country’s best interest
What was the main problem with the treaty of Versailles signed after WWI?
It was signed only for appeasement and it embarrassed Germany because they had to pay back their war debts($57 trillion). The problem with this is Germany still wanted more land and power than the treaty offered. This treaty also left the Germans angry because they lost land to their surrounding nations.
How much debt did WWII cause America?
$9 billion in 1940; $98 billion in 1945(all of WWII cost $330 billion-10 times more than WWI)
Define totalitarian dictatorship.
Absolute rule by one person or party because they desire power(economy, social lives, and culture)-20th century phenomenon
