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WWII
Dictators
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mussolini (ITALY) | outlawed all other political parties, propaganda encouraged Italians to accept his leadership, outlawed stikes and unions |
| Hitler (GERMANY) | anti-semitism, gestapo secret police, controlled media, munich conference, spanish civil war |
| Lenin (Russia) | New Economic policy- comprimise with capitalism, small businesses taken, allowed free markets for agricultural products. control of large industries like steel and oil |
| Stalin | five year plans (New Economic policy, socialist command economy, rapid development of heavy industries, collectivized agriculture) |
| The Great Terror | trails to eliminate the old bolsheviks. extended to army officers, party members, citizens |
| Brenzhnev | de-stalinization, sputnik, the berlin wall, cuban missile crisis, |
| Gorbachev | blamed the poor living conditions on the political system and economy. launched reforms |
| Glasnost | openness of media |
| Perestroika | economic restructuring to revitalize soviet economy |
| Demokratizatsiya | losen the communist party grip on society. democratization election for a new legislature. |