Italian Fascism - Nazism - Stalinism

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Totalitarianism

a form of government that demands total, unrestricted control over every aspect of public and private life

Black shirts

paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party, known for wearing black uniforms and using violence to support Benito Mussolini

March of Rome

1922 event in which Benito Mussolini and his followers marched to seize power and establish a fascist government in Italy.

Mein Kampf

A book written by Adolf Hitler outlining his beliefs, plans, and Nazi ideology.

Enabling act

A law that gave Hitler the power to make decisions without parliament, allowing him to rule as a dictator.

Nuremberg Law

Laws that took away the rights of Jewish people in Nazi Germany and enforced racial discrimination.

War Communism

A system during the Russian Civil War where the government controlled all industry and took food from peasants.

New Economic Policy (NEP)

A policy that allowed some private business and farming to help rebuild the Soviet economy after war.

Collectivisation

A policy where farms were combined into large state-controlled farms.

Kulaks

Wealthier peasants who owned more land and were targeted by the Soviet government.

Holodomor

A man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine that caused millions of deaths.