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Unit 7
Europe between the World Wars (rise of totalitarianism)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| form of government in which a person or group of people controls the social, political and economic lives of their citizens | totalitarian |
| totalitarian leader of Nazi Germany. Came to power as a result of economic problems, fear of communism, and resentment of the Treaty of Versailles. | Adolf Hitler |
| totalitarian leader of Fascist Italy. Came to power as a result of economic problems, fear of communism, and resentment of the Treaty of Versailles. | Benito Mussolini |
| totalitarian leader of the Soviet Union know for purges, collectivization, 5 year plans, etc. | Joseph Stalin |
| Stalin's plan(s) to rapidly industrialize the Soviet Union (focused on heavy industry) | Five-Year Plans |
| Post-WWI international organization that was relatively powerless in part b/c the US did not join. | League of Nations |
| German and Italian resentment of this document helped lead to the rise of Hitler and Mussolini. | Treaty of Versailles |
| decrease in the value of money/increase in prices | inflation |
| payments for war damages, key clause of the Treaty of Versailles | reparations |
| political system that is characterized by extreme nationalism and the emphasis of the state over the individual. A form of totalitarianism | fascism |
| Stalin's elimination of his enemies in the army, gov't, and Soviet society | purges |
| The forced consolidation of peasant farms in the Soviet Union. | collectivization |
| after the kulaks in the Ukraine resisted his plan for collectivization of agriculture, Stalin reacted by initiating this | forced famine |
| government makes decisions on what to produce, how much to produce, wages, prices. | command economy |
| "the night of broken glass". Organized attacks on Jewish homes and businesses in Nazi Germany | Kristallnacht |