Italian Fascism - Nazism - Stalinism

Totalitarianism

• A system where the government controls everything.

• Seen in Adolf Hitler’s Germany and Joseph Stalin’s USSR.

Black Shirts

• Violent supporters of Italian fascism.

• Helped Benito Mussolini gain power.

March on Rome

• 1922 protest by Fascists in Italy.

• Brought Benito Mussolini to power.

Mein Kampf

• A book by Adolf Hitler about his ideas.

• Guided Nazi beliefs and actions

Enabling Act

• Law that gave Adolf Hitler full power.

• Made him dictator of Germany.

Nuremberg Laws

• Laws that took rights away from Jews.

• Helped lead to the Holocaust.

War Communism

• Government control of the economy during war.

• Caused famine but helped Vladimir Lenin stay in power.

New Economic Policy (NEP)

• Allowed some private business.

• Helped the economy recover under Vladimir Lenin.

Collectivisation

• Farms taken over by the state.

• Led to famine under Joseph Stalin.

Kulaks

• Wealthy peasants.

• Targeted by Joseph Stalin.

Holodomor

• A deadly famine in Ukraine.

• Caused by policies of Joseph Stalin.