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History 12
Rise of Fascism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Spanish Civil War | Franco (facist) fights republicans from July 17, 1936 to April 1, 1939 and takes over Spain. Hitler supports him in his war. |
| Hitler. | Facist leader of Germany. Gained power after the Burning of the Reichstag and the enabling act was passed. He wrote a book on his idealogy's called "Mein Kampf." |
| Brown Shirts | Hitler's personal army used to intimaidating and deal with opposition(idea taken from Mussolini's Black Shirts) |
| Enabling Act | Passed after the burning of the Reichstag. Gave Hitler power over all of Germany. |
| Nuremerg Laws | Laws passed to discriminate agaisnt the Jews |
| Night of Long Knives | Hitler's purge to kill off any potential political opposition leaders and members who were associated with socialism. The murders were carried out by Hitler's "Brown Shirts" |
| Kristalnatch | Jewish Business stores had windows smashed littering the streets with glass. Jewish people were then forced to clean it up |
| Propaganda | Used to manipulate and mold the publics mind into believing whatever the government told them to believe. Often in the form of posters. |
| Lebensraum | Hitler's plan for "living space" for the German People. His plan outlined a plan to take over surrounding areas in order to expand the German area and provide resources for the Germanic People. |
| Aryan Race | Hitler's ideal race. Blonde hair blue eyes |
| Final Solution | Hitlers overall goal to exterminate the jews and have a country with an all Aryan population. |
| Holocaust | Hitler's extermination of over 5 million Jewish people. Many of the murders happend in gas chambers in camps such as Auschwitz |
| Mass Rallies | Rallies held mainly in Nuremberg that were in support of Nazism. The rallies portrayedHitler as Germany's savior. Propaganda was everywhere. |
| Nazism | refers primarily to the totalitarian ideology and practices of the Nazi Party. Belief in the superiority of an Aryan master race. Large belife in Nationalism. |