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1Adolf Hitler
Adolf hitler was one of the most dangerous dictators ever |
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| Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945[image] |
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Atheism
many people believe in atheism |
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the belief that there is no god
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Benito Mussolini
benito mussolini was a italian politician |
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He organized veterans and other discontented Italians into Fascist Party; "il Duce": the boss
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Black Shirts
black shirts were in favor of mussolini
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| party militants and supporters of Mussolini who rejected the democratic process in favor of violent actions[image] |
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Bolsheviks
Bolsheviks seized power ofrussia |
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| A party of revolutionary Marxists, led by Vladimir Lenin, who seized power in Russia in 1917.[image] |
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Chancellor
the chancellor created a system led by the prime minister |
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in 1919, German leaders drafted a constitution in the city of Wiemar. It created the Wiemar Republic. The constitution set up a parliamentary system led by a Prime Minister; appointed by & reports to the President
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Cheka
the cheka were hidden police who tortured civilians |
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secret police, formed by Lenin and the Bolsheviks: made arrests, tortured and executed thousands, took hostages in areas that favored the Whites, ran concentration camps, executed thousands, including the former Tsar Nicolas II and his family
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Collectives
there were many cons of collectives for peasants |
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Stalin wanted all peasants to farm on state-owned farms, or large farms owned by peasants as a group
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Comintern
comintern was formed in 1919 to promote comunist thoughts |
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Lenin formed the Communist International, an association of Communist parties founded in 1919 by Russian Bolshevik leader Lenin, to promote the spread of the revolution and the preaching of communist principles throughout Europe.
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Command Economy
in command economy government controls decision based economicly |
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the Soviet Union developed a system in which the government officials made all basic economic decisions
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Fascism
fascism dosent have regards for human rights
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centralized, authoritarian government that is not communist whose polices glorify the state over individual and are destructive to basic human rights
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Führer
fuhrer means leader which hitler thought he was |
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the unique name granted by Hitler to himself, german term meaning "leader" or "guide", Hitler modeled the title after Benito Mussolini's use of il Duce.
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Gestapo
gestapo were terrorist |
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German acronym for the German Secret State Police, part of the SS notorious for terrorism against enemies of the state.
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Gulag
if you didnt support lenin you were sent to a gulag |
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grumblers, or critics of Stalin, were rounded up and sent to a system of brutal labor camps
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Karl Marx
karl marx was the father of communism
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Often recognized as the "father of communism"; believed that communism would replace capitalism, believed in a classless society. (1818-1883)
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Joseph Stalin
joseph stalin was known as the man of steel |
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Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition; "man of steel" (1879-1953)
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Kulaks
kulaks own alot of land and animals |
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Lenin
lenin was the founder of the communist party |
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| Founded the Communist Party in Russia and set up the world's first Communist Party dictatorship. He led the October Revolution of 1917, in which the Communists seized power in Russia. He then ruled the country until his death in 1924.[image] |
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March on Rome
march on rome was when fascist swarmed towards rome |
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tens of thousands of fascists swarmed towards Rome. Fearing civil war, king Victor Emmanuel III asked Mussolini to form a government as Prime Minister
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Nuremburg Laws
muremburg laws deprived jews of things |
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in 1935, the Nazis passed these laws which deprived Jews of German citizenship and placed several restrictions on them, including: being prohibited from marrying non-Jews, attending or teaching at German schools, holding government jobs, practicing law or medicine, or publishing books
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Proletariat
proletariat is the working class |
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Marx's term for the exploited class, the mass of workers who do not own the means of production; the working class
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Ruhr Valley
ruhr valley was when german fell behind on reparations |
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in 1923, Germany fell behind in reparations payments so France occupied the coal- rich Ruhr valley
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Russification
russification makes a culturel ike russian culture |
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making a nationalities culture more Russian
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Socialist Realism
socialist realism blocked artist freedom |
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Stalin required artists and writers to conform to a style in which the goal was to boost socialism by showing Soviet life in a positive light
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Soviets
the soviets worked very hard |
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councils of workers and soldiers
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Totalitarian state
totalitarian state dosent let citizens have freedom |
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Mussolini practiced the first form of government, a one party dictatorship that attempts to regulate every aspect of the lives of its citizens
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Third Reich
the third reich was a boasting of power |
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Hitler boasted that under his new empire the German master race would dominate Europe for a thousand years
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