Unit 6 Totalitarianism Flashcards
(33 cards)
Command economy
A system in Russia where the government has total control over businesses.
Which country was Fascist first?
Italy
5 year plans(Stalin)
Series of goals to industrialize and strengthen Soviet union’s economy
How did Stalin enforce his policies?
Brutally, did whatever was necessary
What do Fascism and Communism both believe in?
Nationalism
Fascism
Core value is nationalism; government controls businesses
Kulaks
Wealthy peasants who owned large farms in Russia
Comintern
Advocated world communism, abolished by Stalin
Kristallnacht
“Night of Broken Glass”, when Nazis attacked Jewish people and properties on November 9-10
What political system did the Italians fear?
Communism
Nuremberg Laws
Said that Jewish were no longer citizens
Why did the US reject the Treaty of Versailles?
Feared it would make US troops get involved without congress approval
Treaty of Versailles
Goal was worldwide peace; Hitler wanted to undo it to grow Germany’s army so it was appeased to keep peace
Great Depression
Right before WW2, the world’s economy crashed and it made people want to follow certain leaders
Benito Mussolini
Italian who founded facism and inspired Hitler
Great Purge
Led by Stalin, aimed to eliminate anyone considered a threat to his party (communists specifically); many were arrested and killed
Who did the Treaty of Versailles put most of the blame on?
Germany
Joseph Stalin
Soviet leader who changed agriculture by using machines, limited consumer goods in industrialization, industrialization improved in Russia because of him. He lead the great purge where millions died under his rule
Franklin Roosevelt
President during the Great Depression and WW2
In Communism who controls the economic system?
The state
Fascist leaders push which idea?
state > individual freedoms
Which type of government believed in class struggle?
Communism
Adolf Hitler
Started WW2, hated Jews and was a fascist
Totalitarianism
Government has total control and prohibits opposing political parties
