Treaty of Versailles
What event started the Great Depression?
Stock market crash
A ruler who gains power by force and has total control over the government is called a
dictator
This Italian leader known as "Il Duce" promised to revive the economy and rebuild the Roman Empire
Benito Mussolini
Italy or Japan
Which European country suffered the most from the Great Depression?
Germany
What is one way that totalitarian leaders gain support?
promise jobs
promote nationalism
use propaganda
This German leader promised to rebuild Germany and reconquer territory taken from them after WWI
Adolf Hitler
What did the Treaty of Versailles require Germany to pay after WWI?
Reparations
After the TOV, Germany suffered from this economic catastrophe in which their money becomes worthless
Hyper-Inflation
censorship
secret police
deny liberties
eliminate opposition
violence
This Soviet leader was one of the first totalitarian rulers and committed a "Great Purge" of over 1 million of his own people
Joseph Stalin
This country refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations
United States
The primary purpose of the Dawes plan was to:
Assist Germany by providing loans to help steady its inflation problems
The totalitarian system in which the government owns all the property with the goal to create a classless society is called
communism
This leader implemented a Five Year Plan and collective farming in order to promote industry and agriculture in his country
Joseph Stalin
What type of leaders gained control over Europe due to the desperation and uncertainty caused by the end of WWI?
totalitarian leaders or dictators
The totalitarian form of government that promotes extreme nationalism but allows for ownership of private property is called
fascism
This leader was voted in as Chancellor in 1933
Adolf Hitler