History Flashcards
How did Abraham Lincoln describe Democracy?
Government of the people, by the people, for the people
What does Democracy protect and help?
Protects freedom.
limits the power held by a government.
Protects minorities.
Encourages public participation.
What is the political ideology that opposes democracy?
A dictatorship.
What are some key features of a dictatorship?
- A dictatorship ultimately leaves the power with one person - the Dictator
- ‘Police state’
What is Communism?
An extreme, socialist Ideology where all property is owned by the state.
what are some key features of Communism?
- Classless society
- rejects ownership of private land.
- Means of production (wealth creation) is in the hands of everyone (the collective) not with individuals.
Who was a key thinker behind Communism?
Karl Marx
Name the first Communist state?
Soviet Russia/USSR
How did the communists in Russia refer to middle and upper class?
bourgeoisie
What were the lower class called in Soviet Russia?
proletariat
In what did year Lenin seize power of Russia?
1917
Who was the first Leader to encourage and spread Fascism?
Benito Mussolini
summarise the core belief of anti-rationalism?
humans should act upon their will rather than there rational mind.
name the idea that is imbedded with Fascism.
Natural Selection
Describe Fascist leadership.
Strong authority and charismatic leaders
Generally, were fascist regimes capitalist or communist?
Capitalist
How would you describe nationalism in fascist countries?
Ultra nationalist
What does Nazi stand for?
National Socialist German Workers Party
Nazism is a type of _____?
Fascism
Nazis had a hatred towards Jews what is this belief called?
Anti-Semitism.
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
The Treaty of Versailles was the primary treaty produced by the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I. The Treaty was imposed so that Germany’s power could be contained.
When was the Treaty of Versailles signed? And when did it take effect?
June 28, 1919 and went into effect on January 10, 1920.
What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles? Use the term LAMB to help you.
- Land - Germany had to give bits of land.
- Army - 100,000 soldiers, 6 battleships were all that was left of the German enemy.
- Money - Germany had to pay 6.6bn in reparations
- Blame - In the treaty it stated that Germany accepts responsibility for the war.
Why were the Germans angry in the early in the early 1920s?
- The Treaty of Versailles
- Government incompetence
- 1923 hyper-inflation
- Occupation of the Ruhr