section 1 Flashcards
What kind of government did Lenin set up?
Communist government in the Soviet Union
Who gained power after lenins death?
Joseph Stalin
What did Joseph Stalin rule as?
A totalitarian dictator
What is a totalitarian state?
Or where a single party controls the government and peoples lives
in a totalitarian state,
citizens do not _________ and
criticism is ________
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punished
Even though Stalin modernized industry and agriculture, his methods were _______
brutal
What did Stalin do to peasants?
He made them handover land and animals to government run up farms.
What did Stallon do to his political enemies or the people who resisted to do what he told them to do?
they were executed
What party did Benito Mussolini have?
The Fascist party
who were fascists supported by?
business leaders and landowners
What Italian anger did Mussolini play on? why?
the Versailles Treaty. didn’t give Italy all the territory it wanted
what parties did Mussolini outlaw?
all political parties except his own
what did Mussolini promise to restore?
the greatness of Ancient Rome
What did Mussolini began a program of?
military aggression
Why did Ethiopia fall when Italy invaded?
The league of Nations responded weakly when the Ethiopian Empire asked for help