WW II Dictators Flashcards

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Totalitarian is a

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20th century phenomenon

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Joseph Stalin

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Suspicious, cruel, ruthless, & tyrannical

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What did Joseph Stalin want to do

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Wanted to transform Soviet Union into an industrial power & formed collective farms. This led to 10 million deaths

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What did Joseph Stalin do ?

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Purge communist party of people suspected of being traitor. Led to 1 million deaths

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5
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What kept Joseph Stalin in power

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Fear & Massive Propaganda

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Benito Mussolini

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Leader of Fascist Party

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What did Benito Mussolini do

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  • Outlawed political parties
  • took over the press
  • created a secret police
  • organized youth groups to indoctrinate the young
  • suppressed strikes
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What did Benito Mussolini opposed

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Liberalism & socialism

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Where was Adolf Hitler Born

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Austria - early life in Vienna

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Hitler core of beliefs

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Anti-Semitic (anti-jew)

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What did hitler write

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wrote “Meinkampf” in jail in 20’s

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How did hitler win

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Won over elite & establishment

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What did hitler have a fear of

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Fear of communists(largest party)

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What did hitter become

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Became chancellor

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Totalitarianism

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Theory of government in which a single party or leader controls the economic,social, & cultural lives of its people

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16
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Total State Techniques

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  • propaganda masters
  • mass demonstrations
  • rearmament of the military
  • SS control of police using terror based on Nazi ideology
  • churches & youth groups under control
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Nazi Soviet Nonaggression Pact

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Aug.23,1939. agreed not to attack one another and to divide Poland & recognize each others territorial ambitions

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Blitzkrieg

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Germany military tactics or “lighting war”

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Axis Powers

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Germany, Italy, & Japan

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Allies

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Britain, France,Soviet Union, China & USA

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1935 Neutrality Act

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Prohibited arms shipments to all belligerent countries

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1936 Neutrality Acts

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Forbid loans to any belligerents

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1937 Neutrality Acts

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“Cash & Carry” principle: all nations must pay for non military purchases & ship the goods in their own vessels

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1939 Neutrality Acts

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Prohibited Americans from traveling on ships of belligerent nations

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1940 Neutrality Acts
Lend Lease program offered to Great Britain US becomes the "arsenal of democracy"
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Selective Service Act
1940 | Provided 1.2 million troops trained & 800,000 reserve troops a year
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W A R
W-World War 1 A-Appeasement R-Rise of Totalitarianism
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What did Germany lose
Germany lost land to surrounding nations
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Appeasement
Giving someone something to make them happy & leave you alone
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War Costs
US Debt 1940-9 billion US Debt 1945-98 Billion WWII cost 330 Billion- 10 times the cost of WWI & equivalent to all previous federal spending since 1776