The Rise of Dictators Flashcards
Civil War
1861-1865
Reconstruction
1867-177
Plessy Vs Ferguson
1896
Spanish-American War
1898
WW1
1914-1918
The 19th Amendment
1920
Great Depression Begins
1929
US In WW2
1941-1945
Korean War Begins
1950
School Desegregation Ordered
1954
Totalitarianism
total control over a country - dictatorship
fascism vs communism/socialism
FASCISM - nationalistic and racist COMMUNISM - classless society where the people control means of production SOCIALISM - greater equality - wealth distribution
basic of the regimes in Italy Germany Japan and the Soviet Union
ITALY - anti - communists - fascist - dictators - nationalistic GERMANY - wanted to expand - anti-communist - nationalistic - fascist - against jews JAPAN - militaristic - blamed problems on others USSR - dictators - socialists - unifications
Allies and the Axis
AXIS - Japan, Italy, Germany ALLIES - USSR, US, UK, France
Berlin Olympics 1936
Jesse Owens - ran for the US - was a black man didn’t get anything for winning - share cropper - Berlin had to take down anti-jewish signs and put on a happy face - nazi’s hiding bc of bad press