This dictator had a pro-war newspaper, he used his newspaper to attack socialists as "unpatriotic traitors". He organized a political movement in 1919 that became a political party in 1921. He marched to Rome with 25,000 Blackshirts and was named prime minister because the king feared an army revolt or civil war.
Mussolini
The right of unions to negotiate with employers over wages and hours.
Collective Bargaining
Italy's alliance with Germany that resulted in their involvement in WWII.
Pact of Steel
Hitler's book which outlined his plans for restoring Germany to greatness.
Mein Kampf
This dictator was born and raised in Austria but moved to Munich, Germany. Did NOT support the Treaty of Versailles. He created a 25-point platform, wrote a book, was appointed chancellor in 1933, and in 1934 he combined the offices of president and chancellor.
Hitler
When a government pays out more money than it takes in through taxation and other revenues, thus going into debt.
Deficit Spending
Kind of war that consisted of swift, massive, and highly coordinated attacks by waves of warplanes, tanks, and infantry.
Blitzkrieg/lightning war
Hitler's private army. This group provided security at rallies, marched in parades, and terrorized communists and other enemies of the party.
Brownshirts
This dictator was a communist leader. He became Central Committee's secretary leader in 1922, created three five-year plans, and his reign in power is known as the Reign of Terror.
Stalin
This policy, put in place by Lenin, relaxed the extreme policies of war communism; created taxes; allowed farm products to be bought, sold, and traded freely; kept major industries under government control and allowed other businesses to be privately owned and operated for profit.
NEP
A violation of internationally accepted practices related to waging war.
War Crimes
Gave workers the right to collective bargaining, a 40-hour workweek in industry, and a minimum wage. In France.
The Popular Front/The French New Deal
He was the 32nd president of the United States, ruled during the Great Depression, and was a major part of both the Tehran Conference and the Yalta Conference.
FDR
An economic system in which government makes the decisions about what and how much will be produced.
Command Economy
Signed by Germany and Japan promising a common front against communism.
Anti-Comintern Pact
Mussolini's group's "action squads" that patrolled their cities, attacking organizations of socialists, communists, republicans, Catholics, and trade unionists.
Blackshirts
Churchill
Put in place by Roosevelt in, this economic intervention included an increased program of public works. The Works Progress Administration government organization employed about 3 million people at its peak.
New Deal
Germany and the Soviet Union's promise to not attack each other.
Nonaggression Pact
A form of government and a political system that prohibits individual and group opposition to the state and its claims, and exercises an extremely high degree of control.
Totalitarian State