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History 10
Facism and Nazism in Europe
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10th Grade
01/08/2006

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Term
Benito Mussolini
Definition
-was a charismatic leader, a good public speaker, and promised to restore Italy's former glory
-Black Shirts: were his supporters, which he organized into fighthing squads. they broke up socialist rallies and forcefully removed all his competition
Term
Mussolini's Italy
Definition
Economy

-state controlled the economy to end crises btwn workers and owners
-production went up but wages and workers rights went down
Social Policy

-individual is unimportant
-men=soldiers, women=mothers
-facist youth groups taught children to obey thier leaders and the strict rules of the military
Term
Facism
Definition
-term used to describe any authoritarian gov't that isn't communist
Main Aspects
-extreme nat'lism
-glorified action, violence, discipline, and blind loyalty to the state
-anti-democratic
- glorified social Darwinism
-pro-capitalist/ pro-business
Term
The Weimar Republic
Definition
-constitutional gov't set up in Germany after WW1
-was a weak gov't and ultimately gave way to the Nazi Party
Term
The German Economy (1919-1932)
Definition
the economy failed, so the gov't printed too much money (inflation) and the Mark became worthless
(all because of war debts)
Term
Adolf Hitler
Definition
-hated the Weimar Republic
-joined a gorup of extremists and became their leader within a year
-wrote Mein Kampf in jail, which later became the "Little Red Book" of Nazism
-obsessed with mat'lism, racism, and anti-Semitism
-viewed Germans as "superior"
Term
Hitler's Third Reich
Definition
a totalitarian state
-secret police and brutality against opposition
-Germans were blind to his flaws and his brutality

Economic Policy
-launched public works programs
-began to re-arm Germany
-got rid of unuemployment
-big businesses became under gov't control

Social Policy
-Hitler Youth trained children to be "model citizens"
-wanted to eliminate women's role in the world
-gave women rewards for having children
-propaganda
Term
Anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany
Definition
-nuremberg laws: restricted Jew's lives in Germany
-Kristallnacht (Nov. 7, 1938)
-sent Jews to concentration camps where they were either gassed or worked to death
Term
Appeasment
Definition
allowing Germany to invade other countries

-Denmark
-Austria
-Czech

Why
-anti-communist
-harsh war punishment
-sick of war
Term
The Axis Powers
Definition
Germany, Italy, Japan
Term
The Spanish Civil War
Definition
-Spain wanted to change from a monarchy to a constitutional gov't
-lead to clashes btwn "leftists" and "rightists"
-facists vs. communists/socialists/democrats
-Hitler and Mussolini supported the facists
-Guernica
Term
The Munich Conference
Definition
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The Nazi-Soviet Pact
Definition
Hitler and Stalin aggreed to peace and not to fight if the other went to war
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