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38 Cards in this Set
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Modern Totalitarianism
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Unlike historical totalitarianism, modern totalitarians had complete control of their subjects lives; movies, films, games, jobs.
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squadritis
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Italian militia of Mussolini drawn from WWI vets. Enforced his ideas/ political standing.
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The Dawes Plan
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US loaned money to Germans to pay reparations to French.
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The Treaty of Locarne
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Legitimized the borders set by the Treaty of Versailles. Germany accepted into the League of Nations.
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Enabling Act
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Signed by President Hindenburg. Gave the Cabinet the ability to pass laws w/ out the Reichstag.
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The March on Rome
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Overthrow of Italian govt. by Mussolini.
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Gustave Stressman
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Prime Minister of Germany. Ended passive resistance against France and reaffirmed the borders set by the Treaty of Versailles.
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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Illegalized War in Europe
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Acerbo Law
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A Fascist policy that gave any party winning 25% of the vote 2/3 of the parliamentary seats in Italy.
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Fascist Policy Towards Women
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"women in the home"
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The Lateran Accords
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Mussolini's recognition of Vatican City as a sovereign country as an exchange for the papal recognition as his fascist govt. as legitimate.
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Weimar Republic
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German govt. between the wars( democratic, moderate socialist).
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Beer Hall Putsch (1923)
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Hitler's first attempt at a Nazi takeover in Germany. An immitation of Mussolini's March on Rome. The takeover fails and Hitler is imprisoned.
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Hitler's 1929 shift in strategy.
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No longer recruits from the working class, but the middle class.
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Aug 1934 Plebiscite
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After fire in the Richstag created a national commi-based fear, the nation (85%) voted in Hitler as fuhrer.
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German Labor Front
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NAZI trade union that replaced all Weimar trade unions. Workers had to submit to NAZI doctrine in order to be employed.
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Krystallnacht
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Synagogues and homes destroyed. Beginning of open violence towards Jews.
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The Nuremburg Laws
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1935 Jews no longer German citizens; could not marry Germans and lost other civil rights.
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New Economic Policy (NEP)
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Lenin's policy of modified capitalism. LIMITED private ownership. Caused modest improvements in agriculture, but stagnation in industry continued.
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5-Year Plans
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Plan for rapid Soviet industrialization under Stalin. Poor conditions for workers, low pay, pollution.
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Collective farming under Stalin
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Collectivises Kulaks: independant farmers. Rebellion in the form of land sabotage. Creates a famine.
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Stalin's Purges
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8mm army officers and party members executed.
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Govt. in eastern states
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Westernisation creates parliamentary democracys, but because of lack of democratic history they turn to authoritarian regimes.
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Czechoslovakia
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Lone democratic eastern state. Industrialized with a solid middle class and a liberal tradition.
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Spanish Civil War
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Military revolt lead by Franco. Acts as a surrogate war for Germany, Italy, and Russia. Franco establishes an authoritarian regime favoring military, landowners, church, business class.
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Goebbels
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NAZI minister of propaganda. Uses film, radio, and written propoganda as well as mass leisure to inspire nationalism and nazi-ism.
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Oswald Spengler's Pessimism
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Pessimitic about Germany and Europe's future. Writes "The Decline of the West"
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anti-art
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dada and surrealism
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Jungian Philosophy
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presence of archetypes:a model of a person, personality, or behavior
collective subconscious: a collective set of internal experiences present in all humans |
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Deepending European Crisis and Prelude to war
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-attempts at peace had failed
-France and Britain refused to accept the possibility of another war -US withdrawn from European affairs |
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Lebensraum
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Room for German expansion. Comes with Hitler's idea that amount and quality of land= power.
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Anglo-German naval pact
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Britain allows Germany a small navy. Instance of British appeasement.
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Anschluss
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Occupation and anexation of Austria by NAZI Germany.
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Churchill
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British Prime Minister
-insists on continueing war with Germany instead of accepting peace terms |
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The Battle of Britain
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Germany's preparation for invasion of Britain in the form of aerial attacks on cities.
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Kurks
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large battle between Russia and Germany. Ends German resistance to Russia.
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Tito
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Leader of Yugoslavian(communist) resistance. Succcessfully resists Hitler and later Stalin.
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De Gaulle
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leads
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