Dictatorships Unit Final Flashcards
whats indoctrination
the government controls all forms of media and uses it to present why the government is great
whats force and terror
use of extreme measures to destroy all opposition to the government
whats scapegoating
when a certain group is blamed for creating/causing the problems of the nation
whats controlled participation
when elections are held even if there is no real choice of leader
what are the four techniques of dictatorship
indoctrination, force and terror, scapegoating, controlled participation
whats the reichstage
german parliament
when did hitler gain power legally
1933
what allowed Hitler to gain complete power
the enabling act
what was the treaty of versailles
terms Germany was forced to accept as a surrender in WWI
who initiated Russian communist revolution
lenin
whos the politburo
highest decision making body in a communist party
who was stalins main rival as lenins replacement
trotsky
what was stalins first step to becoming leader
accepted position of general secretary of the communist party during lenins leadership
difference between Trotsky and Stalin views
Trosky wanted revolution in countries threatening USSR; Stalin wanted to strengthen USSR
what were gulags
forced labour/prison camps
name of russian secret police force
KGB
who were kulaks
wealthy farmers that resisted stalins collectivization
whats bolshevik
Russian political party led by lenin
who started communism
karl marx
what did marx believe about a capitalist economy
the market system allowed the exploiting of workers
whats the proletariat
working class
whats the bourgeoisie
class of wealthy capitalists business own
what did Gorbachev do
move away from extreme communism and take steps to get to more of a western style economy
authoritarianism definition
form of government where all major decisions are made by a small group of people or one single person
