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Unit 15a -10th (extr
Unit 15a: Rise of Dictators (extra)
Term | Definition |
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Weimar Republic | weak democratic government set up in Germany after World War One |
Italian aggression, 1930's | Italy invaded Ethiopia for its natural resources |
German aggression, 1930's | Germany violated the Treaty of Versailles by building up its military and took over the Rhineland, Austria, and the Sudetenland |
Amritsar Massacre | British soldiers fired upon and unarmed crowed increasing Indian nationalism |
Balfour Declaration | promise by Britain to create a homeland for Jews in Palestine (Israel) |
Bolsheviks | communist group led by Lenin who overthrew the Russia government after a revolution |
Chinese Civil War (opposing groups, result) | Communists led by Mao Zedong defeated the Nationalist in China |
collectivization | Soviet Union policy to create large government farms |
Communist International or Comintern | Russian organization led by Lenin to spread communism around the world |
fascism | political system that stressed extreme nationalism and a strong government, ex: Nazi Germany, Mussolini's Italy |
Final Solution | Hitler's plan to kill all Jews |
Gestapo | Hitler's secret police |
Great Purge (results) | Stalin killed communist members of the government |
gulag | soviet prison |
Japan's invasion of Manchuria | Japan attacked part of China to gain its natural resources |
Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-Shek) | Leader of the Chinese Nationalist who lost to the Communist |
Long March | Chinese Natinalist forced the Communist under Mao Zedong to retreat |
Mexican Revolution (leaders, result) | Emiliano Zapata, Pancho Villa, and other led a rebellion that let to a constitution |
Nazism | political party led by Hitler that came to power in Germany that killed millions of Jews in Europe |
Nazi Youth | Hitler's policy to brainwash young Germans with Nazi ideas |
New Economic Policy (NEP) | policy of Lenin to allow small amounts of capitalism in the Soviet Union |
Nuremberg Laws | rules passed in Nazi Germany that forced Jews to wear the Star of David when in public |
Rape of Nanking | Japanese genocide on a city in China |
Russian Civil War (opposing groups, result) | Lenin's communist ("Reds") defeated the czar's supporters ("Whites") |
soviet | council of workers that ruled Russian cities and were led by the Communist Party |