US History

World war II

TOTALITARIANISM

governments with the complete power over the nation–people lose basic rights. 

Joseph Stalin:

Russian dictator in communist state, the government will make all of the economic decisions for the nation.

Collective agriculture:

Forced peasants to give up the land they owned, property went to state, they worked for the government at huge state-run farms.

Industrialization:

The process of developing industries in a country or region, transforming it from primarily agrarian to an economy based on manufacturing and production. 1927-issues three 5-year plans for rapid industrialization.

Nationalism

belief that national concerns should be placed above 

regional matters and that foreign policy should be 

guided by national self-interest.

Facism

Government that maintains a strong central authority headed by a powerful dictator.

(latin faces, a bundle of sticks bound to an ac, object symbolizing unity and authority.)