World War 2 Flashcards
What were the two kinds of dictatorships in Europe from the 1920s to 1930s?
Conservative and radical
What was the traditional form of antidemocratic government in Europe?
Conservative authoritarianism
A radical dictatorship that exercises “total claims” over the beliefs and behavior of its citizens by taking control of the economic, social, intellectual, and cultural aspects of society.
Totalitarianism
What is fascism?
A movement characterized by extreme and often expansionist nationalism, anti-socialism, a dynamic and violent leader, and glorification of war and the military.
What is Eugenics?
The idea that a country can be selectively bred to improve the nation’s race
What did Stalin call his “five-year plan”?
“Revolution from above”
What was the five year plan?
Stalin’s plan aimed at modernizing the Soviet Union and creating a new communist society with new attitudes, new loyalties, and a new socialist humanity.
Who won the Russian civil war?
Lenin and the Bolsheviks
The Russian sailor rebels that were repressed by Lenin
Kronstadt
Lenin’s 1921 policy to re-establish limited economic freedom in an attempt to rebuild agriculture and industry in the face of economic disintegration
New Economic Policy (NEP)
What ended the NEP?
Stalin’s five year plans
How far behind did Stalin say the Soviet Union was from the rest?
50 to 100 years
What is the forced consolidation of individual peasant farms into large state-controlled enterprises?
Collectivization of agriculture
What did peasants always want to own?
Land
Who were the kulaks?
The more wealthy peasants that had benefited the most from the NEP. They were unhappy with the new plan of collectivization.
