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Flashcards by Alyssa Megginson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Alyssa Megginson
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| Question | Answer |
| Depression | a severe, long-term downturn in the economy of a country or region. production falls off sharply as unemployment rises |
| Totalitarianism | a form of government in which a strong government tries to control all the aspects of political, economic, and social life of its people |
| Fascism | a system of government that: •Demands total obedience to a dictator •Uses force and censorship to eliminate opposition. •Preaches an extreme form of nationalism. •Glorifies militarism |
| Collective Farms | organized and controlled by the state, with multiple families on each farm |
| Indoctrination | teaching meant to impose or favor a particular point of view |
| Joseph Stalin | - created a secret police force to enforce state control. - eliminated all opposition through mass arrests and murders - Great Purge |
| Adolf Hitler | - studied Mussolini’s successes and played on the emotions of the German people. - Nazi |
| Benito Mussolini | - Mussolini promised to restore the glory of ancient Rome. - Mussolini’s bold promises and forceful tactics kept him in power. |
| Hideki Tojo | -A group of Japanese military officers led by Hideki Tojo believed that military conquest was the only way to obtain raw materials. |
| The Soviet Union | |
| Fascist Italy | |
| Weimar Republic | |
| Japan in the 1930s | |
| Countries that didn't join the League of Nations | The USSR and US |
| Countries controlled by the Mandate System | –Great Britain: Iraq, Transjordan, and Palestine –France: Syria and Lebanon |
| Causes of the Great Depression | –German war reparations –US dominance of the global economy. –High protective tariffs –Excessive expansion of credit –The Stock Market Crash of 1929. |
| The event that began the Great Depression | economic turndown |
| Impacts of the Great Depression | –Industrialized countries faced high unemployment. –banks failed and credit collapsed. –Prices for food and goods collapsed around the world. –Totalitarian regimes gained power and influence |
| Five Year Plans | Stalin helped develop a system for rapid economic growth called 5 year plans. –Each 5 year plan dealt with all aspects of development such as capital goods, consumer goods, agriculture, and transportation –The first such plan, from 1928-1933, was very successful and completed a year early in 1932. |
| The Great Purge | Stalin eliminated all opposition through mass arrests and murders |
| The country Italy conquered in 1936 | Ethiopia |
| Who Hitler blamed for Germany's problems | Jews |
| Territories conquered by Japan in the 1930s | Korea and Manchuria |
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