Western Civ 2 Test 3

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Totalitarianism(traits)

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Government that exerts almost total control over the citizens of the state

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Soviets

Back 2

Local council of workers and soldiers, which were the core of the new communist party

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gulags

Back 3

Forced Labor camps established by Stolin

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Nicholasll

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The last Czar of Russia

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Bolsheviks

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A violent group of radical revolutionaries lead by Vladimir Lenin

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CentralPurge Commission

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Stalin tried members of the communist party for treason.

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BlackShirts

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Mussolini organized a group of bullies to beat up political oppositions

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Fascism

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is a political philosophy that says the state or nation is above the rights of the individual.

it is an extreme Nationalistic philosophy

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MeinKampf (defin.)

Back 9

A book where Hitler outlined his philosophy

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Iconography (definition)

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the use of symbols to build participation of the German citizens

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Nazis

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A radical group called the National Social German Workers Party

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Fuhrer

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Leader

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Blood,Will, and Soil

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Nazi slogan that shows this groups priorities

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Anti-Semitism

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Hates Jews

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SpanishCivil War

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Spanish war between the Nationalist on the right and the Republicans on the left

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VersaillesTreaty -- peace terms (how were they harsh?)

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1) Their army was reduced

2) unreasonable Reparations

3) lost valuable territory

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CondorLegion

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a German unit of air-force and army volunteers

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Anschluss

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Germany annexed Austria

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Kellogg-BriandPact

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Outlawed the use of war by any Nation

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Lebensraum

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A guiding principle of the Nazi Government and provided German justification for the German territorial expansion into eastern Europe

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Guernica

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Town that Germany bombed in 1937 killing about 300 civilians ( bombing cause controversy for Germany)

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GreaterGerman Reich

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include all ethnic Germans and all lands that Germany had lost after WW1

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Republicans/ Nationalists

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Republicans (on the left) said "this was a struggle between tyranny and freedom"

Nationalist (on the right) said " communist against christian civilizations"

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How Bolshevism differs from classic Marxism

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The Bolsheviks supported the idea of professional dictatorship of and elite to accelerate transition to pure socialism

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thetwo reasons why the situation grew worse in Russia (under Nicholas II)

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1) WW1 devastated the fragile economy

2) A Russian peasant and mystical religious figure named Rasputin had gained influence over the Czar's wife

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the first totalitarian state established after WW1

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Soviet Union

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the lessons learned from the Soviet Union, Italy, and the Nazis

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Totalitarianism is often maintained by force and violence

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the tenants of National Socialism (as spelled out in Mein Kampf)

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1) Communism should be destroyed and Democracy is a failure

2)Germany must rearm and appose the Treaty of Versailles

3)The Aryans are the master race

4) The Jews are the Enemy of the German people

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the reasons for the rise of Nazism

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1) Germany had a long tradition of Authoritarian Government

2) Treaty of Versailles

3) Economic Chaos

4) Hitler offered a chance of success

5)Hitler was a master Orator (speaker)

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the explanation for the persecution of the Jews

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1) Hitler was Anti-Semitic (hated Jews)

2)Germany thought Jews where linked with Marxism

3)Germany feared change, and The Jews were seen as Challenging Traditional Cultcher

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why the Jews didn’t leave Germany when Hitler came to power

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1) It was there home

2) No where else to go

3) Didn't believe Hitler

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why Nazism triumphed in Germany

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1) Democracy was Forced on the Germans

2) Democracy must be desired by the people to be successful

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the biggest ”boost” to the Nazis (concerns Hitler)

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The treaty of Versailles caused resentment

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the first aggression after WW1

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Japan invaded China

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the overall causes of WW2 (including the immediate cause)

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1) Failure of post war treaties

2) Fascist and Military Aggression

3)Spanish Civil War

4) Annexation of Austria

5) Germany wanted to expand

6)Germany initiates Forces

Immediate Cause:

Germans and Soviets made a pact to divide Poland.

Then Germany invaded Poland

Front 36

what made the invasion of Czechoslovakia possible (policy by the West)

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Appeasement

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the two countries that made a secret pact to divide Poland

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Germany and the Soviet Union