Unit 18 Part 1 Flashcards
regime whose purpose is to gain TOTAL control over the masses of people and mobilize them to CHANGE society
radical totalitarian dictatorship
regime whose purpose is to prevent major changes that would undermine existing order and to maintain STATUS QUO
conservative dictatorship
Lenin’s program of limited economic freedom in an attempt to rebuild agriculture and industry
New Economic Policy
when the government takes over all industrial production
nationalization
when the government takes over all agricultural production
collectivization
Soviet dictator from 1927-1953
Joseph Stalin
Bolshevik that organized the Red Army and challenged Stalin for the Soviet leadership; murdered in Mexico City in 194
Leon Trotsky
Stalin’s idea that USSR could build socialist country on own and be self-sufficient
“socialism in one country”
Stalin’s plans of forced nationalization and collectivization whose purpose it was to stimulate the Soviet economy
Five Year Plans
Stalin’s removal of anyone he saw as a threat to his power; resulted in more loyal Communist Party by early 1940s
Great Purge of 1937
political ideology that combines extreme nationalism, totalitarianism, and the importance of the state above all else
Fascism
Fascist dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943
Benito Mussolini
private army of the Fascist Party in Italy under Mussolini
Black Shirts
Mussolini recognized the Vatican as an independent state
Lateran Agreement of 1929
fascist party in Germany; led by Adolf Hitler
National Socialist German Workers’ Party
fascist dictator of Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler
anti-semitic mayor of Vienna; inspired Hitler with his use of anti-semitism in politics
Karl Lueger
idea that Germany didn’t lose World War I, but was “stabbed in the back” by traitors at home who made peace too early
Dolchstoss
Hitler’s failed attempt to overthrow the German government in 1923
Beer Hall Putsch
Hitler’s book that he wrote while in prison
Mein Kampf
literally means “living space”; idea that Germany needed to expand its territory
Lebensraum