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1
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who established a

communist dictatorship

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Vladimir Lenin

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who soon continued the communist dictatorship after Lenin’s death?

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Joseph Stalin

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Stalin created a ____ ____ (secret police)

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“police state”

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the Great Purge launched in ____

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1937

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Stalin was responsible for many deaths and won total control over the soviet union through the ___ ___

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Great Purge

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Stalin’s 5 year plan was to _____ and _____ the economy into an ________ revolution.

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stimulate
develop
industrialized

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what were examples of quotas Stalin established?

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increasing the output of steel, coal, oil, and electricity

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how did Stalin come to power? (1)

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entrenchment of communism

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how did Stalin come to power? (2)

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5-year plan

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how did Stalin come to power? (3)

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collectivization of farms

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how did Stalin come to power? (4)

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state industrialization

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how did Stalin come to power? (5)

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secret police

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how did Stalin come to power? (6)

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Great Purge

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what did Stalin forcibly transform the Soviet Union into?

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a totalitarian state

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15
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fascism is and extreme form of _____

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nationalism

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16
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who founded the fascist party in 1919?

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Mussolini

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how did Mussolini promise to rescue Italy?

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by reviving economy and rebuilding armed forces

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what was Mussolini’s ambition?

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to restore glory of the roman empire

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19
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first big act of Mussolini?

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invasion of Ethiopia

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how did Mussolini come to power? (1)

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rise of Fascism

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how did Mussolini come to power? (2)

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ambition to restore the glory of rome

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how did Mussolini come to power? (3)

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invasion of Ethiopia

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japan was also called a “_____” nation

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“democratic”

24
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the Kellogg-Briand Pact did what?

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renounced war

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the great depression allowed _____ leaders to gain ____ of the government
military | control
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during the great depression, the emperor became a ______ of state power
symbol
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emperor in japan during the great depression was?
Hirohito
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military leader in japan during the great depression was?
Tojo
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the industrial revolution led to the need for more what?
raw materials
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how did japan plan to get more raw materials that they needed?
expand & invade
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where did japan invade?
Manchuria China Korea
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did japan win the wars against Manchuria and china?
YES
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how did Germany pay for wartime debt?
printed more money
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during inflation, did the money lose its value or gain it?
lost its value
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why did Germany print more money?
to finance their reparations
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American banker
Charles Dawes
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$200 million dollar loan from American banks to stabilize German currency and strengthen its economy
Dawes Plan
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NAZI stands for what?
National Socialist German Workers' Party
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the Nazi's believed that the treaty of Versailles should be ______
overturned
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who was the leader of the NAZI party?
Hitler
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during his stay in prison, Hitler wrote ____ ____
Mein Kampf
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what does Mein Kampf mean?
"my stuggle"
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Hitler believed the ____ were a master race
Aryans
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Hitler believed the germans needed more ____
lebensraum
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what is LEBENSRAUM
living space
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in 1932, the Nazis were the _____ political power
largest
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Hitler made Germany a ______ state
totalitarian
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Hitler controlled every aspect of ____ & _____ life
public | private
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what is the Gestapo?
secret police
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the hatred of the ____ was a key part to Hitler's ideology
Jews
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who did Hitler blame for the great depression?
Jews
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on March 7th, 1936, where did Germany invade?
the Rhineland
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Hitler created the ____ _____ that would absorb ____ & _____
Third Reich | Austria & Czechoslovakia
54
Hitler came to power through ____ & ____
inflation & depression
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Hitler came to power through anti-_____
Semitism

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