World history

World History

Mr. Petrone

Review: Rise of Totalitarianism – 1920’ & 30’s

MATCHING

* A distorted or bad view of something

- disallusion

*His ideas unlocked atomic energy & space/time relativity

- Albert Einstein

*To instruct in a set of teachings, ideas, attitudes

- indoctrinate

*Basic freedoms & protections

- civil rights

*Reference to the spiritual condition of youth after WWI

- Lost Generation

*when a country stays out of the affairs of other countries

- isolationism

*a government with full control over the lives of its citizens

- totalitarianism

*Hatred, hostility or discrimination against Jews.

- anti- Semitism

*Book written by Hitler that expressed his racist views

- Mein Kampf

*His ideas repackaged biblical sin nature & morality principle

- Sigmund Freud

MULTIPLE CHOICE

*All of the following problems existed after WWI into the 1920’s

- European discontent about the Treaty of Versailles

- all Eurro powers were in debt

- weak democracies formed in Europe

- totalitarian governments rose to power

*In 1924’s the Dawes Plan worked to do this for Germany.

- aid them in economic recovery

*After WWI, democracies in Europe were weak because of

- Inexperience with democracy

- lack of strong leaders, goals, & loyalty

- weak coalition political parties

*In 1928, European countries renounced war as national policy in this agreement.

Kellog-Briand Pact

*In the 1920’s, totalitarian governments in Europe shared these traits.

- dictators & one party control

- extreme military & police control

- elimination of basic freedoms of speech, press, religion, etc.

*This form of government emphasizes social equality & a classless society?

- communism

*This form of government emphasizes totalitarian control with capitalist economics.

- fascism

*This leader became the leader of Italy after his march on Rome in 1922?

- Benito Mussolini

*Fascism & communism share these characteristics.

- Totalitarian control & secret police creates fear

- use of censorship & propaganda

- Extreme nationalism & militarism

*This dictator came to power in 1928 in Russia after the death of Lenin.

- Joseph Stalin

*Mussolini’s Fascists and Hitler’s Nazis were alike in all of these ways.

- acted violently on socialists & communists

- supported by the upper class

- emphasized extreme nationalism

*This dictator came to power in Germany in 1933.

Adolf Hitler

*Mussolini, Stalin, & Hitler able to strengthen their power as dictators because

- most people were silent about their evil conduct

- they improved their economies

- they killed social, religious, & political opposition

*All these factors played a role in the rise of totalitarianism in Europe

- development of weak democracies - economic depression & desperation

- persuasive leaders with quick solutions

*The type of economy that calls for all economic decisions to be made by the

government and was installed by Stalin in the USSR is called

- command economy

*This man competed with Stalin for power in the USSR in the late 1920’s.

- Leon Trotsky

*The Nuremberg Laws in Germany had these effects on its Jewish population.

- Took their citizenship & basic rights

- Forbid them from public office

- forbid them from social service jobs

*The manipulation of media, education, & politics to reflect one form of philosophical

teaching was used by Mussolini, Hitler, & Stalin. This is called

- propaganda

* These were techniques Hitler used to gain mind control over the German people?.

- indoctrination & propaganda

- target the youth

- book burnings

*This country invaded Ethiopia in 1935 killing about 500,000 Ethiopians.

- Italy

*This factor about the League of Nations favored totalitarian dicators most.

- it had no military power

*Depression hit most major world powers in the 1930’s because of this event.

- US stock market crash

*As a result of the U.S. Stock Market crash in 1929, the following happened.

- unemployment increased

- Investments & loans to Europe were halted

- Banks closed & businesses failed

*In 1938, the two-day assault on the Jewish people in Germany was called

Kristallnacht, “Night of the Broken Glass”

*All these were ways Stalin kept total control over the Soviet Union,

- secret police

- the Gulag

- censorship

*To develop the USSR as a power, Stalin forced citizens to work on these projects

- 5 year plans

- science & technology

- collective farms

* What was the Nazi operation in 1934 to kill Nazi’s that threatened Hiter’s power?

- Night of Long Knives

*During the reign of Stalin, people in the Soviet Union might face all of the following -

fear

- paranoia

- oppressed

*From the times of the czars to the rule of Stalin, serfdom was replaced by :

- collective farms

*All these facotors caused the Great Depression of the 1930’s

- overproduction of goods by businesses

- brokers buying stocks on loans

- too much consumer credit spending

- fearful reactions of brokers & banks

*During the 1920’s & 30’s, the US philosophy with world affairs was

- political isolationism

- economic aid providers

* The type of government did Stalin installed was

totalitarian & communist

* Totalitarianism USSR outlawed the following:

- churches

- synagogues

- mosques

*These tactics were used in totalitarian governments.

- manipulation in education

- elimination of basic rights/freedoms - diefication of

leader

*How many people were killed, by Stalin, through starvation, harsh labor, & murder of

political opponents?

- 20 million

*The US Stock Market crashed on Black Tuesday, Oct 24, 1929 for these factors

- many companies’ values overestimated

- brokers bought stock with loans

- fearful investors sold stock rapidly

- paniced banks recalled many loans

*Mussolini, Stalin, & Hitler all came to power by this method.

- they were appointed

*Mussolini & Hitler worked with business leaders & industry but ultimtely had full

control of businesses & the economy, which was called a

- a corporate state

US President Roosevelt worked to fix the US economy by increasing government

spending on public works projects to put Americans back to work, in a plan called the

New Deal

*These are major life lessons to learn from the rise of totalitarian leaders in Europe

during the 1920’s.

- when we get desperate emotionally, economically, or otherwise, we often don’t make

sound decisions.

- If someone tells you all the right things or even does many good things for you, it

doesn’t necessarily mean they truly care about you.

- evaluate a person on their complete character, not just what they say or do for you.

- If a person lies, cheats, steals, or treats other people poorly, they are highly likely to do

that to a “friend” eventually.

*Another life lesson that can be learned from this era is, if a someone knows another

person is lying, cheating, stealing, or bullying someone, the best response is to

- report it to proper authorities