Rise of DIctators Flashcards
who established a
communist dictatorship
Vladimir Lenin
who soon continued the communist dictatorship after Lenin’s death?
Joseph Stalin
Stalin created a ____ ____ (secret police)
“police state”
the Great Purge launched in ____
1937
Stalin was responsible for many deaths and won total control over the soviet union through the ___ ___
Great Purge
Stalin’s 5 year plan was to _____ and _____ the economy into an ________ revolution.
stimulate
develop
industrialized
what were examples of quotas Stalin established?
increasing the output of steel, coal, oil, and electricity
how did Stalin come to power? (1)
entrenchment of communism
how did Stalin come to power? (2)
5-year plan
how did Stalin come to power? (3)
collectivization of farms
how did Stalin come to power? (4)
state industrialization
how did Stalin come to power? (5)
secret police
how did Stalin come to power? (6)
Great Purge
what did Stalin forcibly transform the Soviet Union into?
a totalitarian state
fascism is and extreme form of _____
nationalism
who founded the fascist party in 1919?
Mussolini
how did Mussolini promise to rescue Italy?
by reviving economy and rebuilding armed forces
what was Mussolini’s ambition?
to restore glory of the roman empire
first big act of Mussolini?
invasion of Ethiopia
how did Mussolini come to power? (1)
rise of Fascism
how did Mussolini come to power? (2)
ambition to restore the glory of rome
how did Mussolini come to power? (3)
invasion of Ethiopia
japan was also called a “_____” nation
“democratic”
the Kellogg-Briand Pact did what?
renounced war
the great depression allowed _____ leaders to gain ____ of the government
military
control
during the great depression, the emperor became a ______ of state power
symbol
emperor in japan during the great depression was?
Hirohito
military leader in japan during the great depression was?
Tojo
the industrial revolution led to the need for more what?
raw materials
how did japan plan to get more raw materials that they needed?
expand & invade
where did japan invade?
Manchuria
China
Korea
did japan win the wars against Manchuria and china?
YES
how did Germany pay for wartime debt?
printed more money
during inflation, did the money lose its value or gain it?
lost its value
why did Germany print more money?
to finance their reparations
American banker
Charles Dawes
$200 million dollar loan from American banks to stabilize German currency and strengthen its economy
Dawes Plan
NAZI stands for what?
National
Socialist
German
Workers’ Party
the Nazi’s believed that the treaty of Versailles should be ______
overturned
who was the leader of the NAZI party?
Hitler
during his stay in prison, Hitler wrote ____ ____
Mein Kampf
what does Mein Kampf mean?
“my stuggle”
Hitler believed the ____ were a master race
Aryans
Hitler believed the germans needed more ____
lebensraum
what is LEBENSRAUM
living space
in 1932, the Nazis were the _____ political power
largest
Hitler made Germany a ______ state
totalitarian
Hitler controlled every aspect of ____ & _____ life
public
private
what is the Gestapo?
secret police
the hatred of the ____ was a key part to Hitler’s ideology
Jews
who did Hitler blame for the great depression?
Jews
on March 7th, 1936, where did Germany invade?
the Rhineland
Hitler created the ____ _____ that would absorb ____ & _____
Third Reich
Austria & Czechoslovakia
Hitler came to power through ____ & ____
inflation & depression
Hitler came to power through anti-_____
Semitism
