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Dictators & Wars
Term | Definition |
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Totalitarianism | a theory of government in which a single party or leader controls the economic, social, and cultural lives of its people. |
Joseph Stalin | he was suspicious, cruel, ruthless, and tyrannical. Leader of the soviet union in 1924 until 1953 |
Benito Mussolini | founded the Facist Party. Was in power from 1919 to 1945. |
Adolf Hitler | Led the Nazi Party from the 1930s to 1945. |
Antisemitic | prejudice against jewish people |
Spanish Civil War | a bloody conflict that raged from 1936 until 1939. the nationalists, who had fascist tendencies rebelled against Spain's democratic Republican gov. |
Appeasement | a policy of granting concessions to a potential enemy in the hope that it will maintain peace. |
Anschluss | a union formed by hitler |
Munich Pact | The agreement to sacrifice Sudetenland to preserve peace. psotponed the war for 11 months. |