Totalitarian Government

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What is totalitarianism?
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A government that takes total, centralized state control over every aspect of public and private life. It's focus was within it's own country, and to expand and strengthen itself.
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How would a leader maintain control?
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They'd use tactics such as police and indoctrination.
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How did Mussolini and Hitler rise to power?
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Italy-Mussolini Germany-Hitler Both countries were in a state of decline, and their economy was failing. They desperately needed support and the two leaders seemed perfect candidates. Germany thought they could influence Hitler.
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What is communism?
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A complete form of socialism. All means of production would be owned by the people, or publicly. There would be no private property and all goods and services would be shared equally.
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What is the Five-Year plan?
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It was a plan that set high quotas to increase material production such as coal, steel, oil, and electricity. It's negative is that it caused food and resource shortage.
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Who were the kulaks? What was their fate?
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They were a class of wealthy peasants. The soviet government eliminated them because of their resistance and growing power.
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What are collective farms?
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Farms owned by governments. The farmers boosted food production.
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What is the Great Purge?
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A campaign of terror directed at eliminating anyone who threatened Stalin's power. 8-13 million died. The Bolsheviks were targeted. From this, Stalin gained total control of the Soviet Government and Communist party.
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What is Russification?
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To force Russian culture on all ethnic groups.
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What was the official state religion?
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Atheism
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What does Il Duce mean?
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Leader
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What is fascism?
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A political movement that emphasized loyalty to the state and obedience to it's leader.
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What is the March on Rome?
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Mussolini's army marched to Rome demanding that Mussolini take control of the government.
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What does Der Fuhrer mean?
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Leader
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What is Nazism?
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The political principles of the National Socialist German Workers' Party. They believed Germany had to overturn the Treaty of Versailles and combat communism.
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What was mentioned in Mein Kampf?
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Hitler wrote this book. It talked about how Jews, Slavs, and Gypsies were non-Aryans and were inferior. He also mentioned lebensraum, and how Germany was running out of living space. He used the Jews as scapegoats and blamed everything on them.
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What is anti-Semitism?
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Hatred of Jews.
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Why was Japan interested in Manchuria?
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The area was rich in iron and coal.
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What was the Rape of Nanking?
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It was when Japan invaded Nanjing, China. It was an episode of mass murder and rape.
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What country did Italy conquer?
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Ethiopia
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What was the outcome of the Spanish Civil War?
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Franco becomes Spain's first fascist dictator.
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Isolationism
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The belief that political ties to other countries should be avoided.
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What is Indoctrination? What was key?
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The molding of people's minds based on the governments beliefs. The control of education and Germany's youth program were essential, to train them.
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Appeasement
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Giving in to an aggressor to keep peace.
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What country used the policy of appeasement?
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Britain
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What was the purpose of the Munich Conference? What was the outcome?
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The purpose was to discuss the future of Sudetenland. Signed by Germany, France, Britain, and Italy. Hitler took Czechoslovakia and Mussolini seized Albania.
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What territories did Hitler gain?
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Czechoslovakia, Austria, Rhineland, Sudetenland.
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What was the nonaggression pact?
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Hitler and Stalin pledged to never attack each other.
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Who declared war on Germany?
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Britain and France
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What sparked the start of WW2?
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Hitler invaded Poland.
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What was Hitler able to do for the German economy?
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He decreased unemployment rates by putting everyone (millions) of Germans to work.
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What is the Axis powers?
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Germany, Italy, Japan.
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What were the Neutrality Acts?
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Passed by Congress, to keep away from trade outside. They banned loans and the sale of arms to nations at war.
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What is the Third Reich
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The German Empire
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What is a command economy?
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A system in which the government made all economic decisions.
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What was a positive for women because of Stalin's rule?
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Women gained rights. Men and women were declared equal. They were given education opportunities.
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What happened to Hitler in his own "March on Rome" in Munich?
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He failed and was arrested. He was sentenced 5 years in jail but only served 9 months