Totalitarianism
A government that take over every aspect of public and private life is known as a ___ government
What is a totalitarian government.
This longtime president who was repressive and allowed a lot of foreign of investment was___
Who is Porfirio Diaz?
in the struggle to gain control of the Soviet Union, Stalin exiled his chief political rival in the 1920s who was...
Leon Trotsky
Who was the first communist leader of the Soviet Union?
Who was Lenin
This artist, who was married to Frida Kahlo, and created murals is__
Who is Diego Rivera?
All of the following are characteristics of Totalitarian governments EXCEPT:
A. controlled most aspects of peoples' lives
B. enforced strict censorship of speech, assembly & press
C. allowed individual freedoms such as speech and press
D. used violence, terror tactics and spied on its citizens.
What is C:
The man who challenged Porfirio Diaz was ___
Who is Francisco Madero?
Mussolini was the founder of this political ideology which has Latin roots. In this government, the "state/government" is more important than the people.
What is fascism?
Lenin's view of communism came from the theories of which men?
Who are Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels
He was born a peasant on a hacienda in the Mexican state of durango in 1878. As a teenager, he fled the hacienda and joined a group of bandits. Who was this popular Mexican revolutionary often called the Centaur of the North?
Who is Pancho Villa?
A one-party dictatorship in which extreme nationalism, racism, and militarism are stressed.
What is fascism
Which of the following were results of the Mexican Revolution?
A. A new constitution was created in 1917
B. The PRI brought stability to Mexico to carry out reforms
C. Mexico nationalized some of their resources
D. All of the above
D. A new constitution was created in 1917, The PRI brought stability to Mexico to carry out reforms, Mexico nationalized some of their resources
A system of brutal labor camps in the Soviet Union
What is the Gulag
How did Fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini, came to power in Italy in 1922?
A. He signed the Treaty of Versailles
B. He hired secret police to murder the Pope of Rome
C. He promised to revive Italy's economy and rebuild its armed forces after WW1.
D. He participated in democratic elections.
What is "C". He promised to revive Italy's economy and rebuild its armed forces after WW1.
Hitler called himself the ____ which means "ultimate leader"
What is the Fuhrer?
Define communism
The government owns and controls important industries such as manufacturing and agriculture, all people are supposed to have a place to live, food to eat, and a job to work at.
Name 2 fascist leaders we talked about.
Who is Hitler and Mussolini
Nationalists --Chiang Kai Shek
Communists--Mao Zedong
Launched by Stalin to crack down on foreigners, anti-communists, and any threats to his power including some of his old supporters and friends.
What is the Great Purge
Mussolini's private army was called ____
Black Shirts
While in Jail, Hitler wrote this book that outlined his plans for his "master race".
What is Mein Kampf?
In the theory of Marxists, the proletariats represented the _____ and the bourgeoisie represented the ____.
The proletariat were the workers
The bourgeoisie were the factory owners.
How does Fascism differ from Communism?
When Japan invaded China in 1937, this became known as
What is the Rape of Nanking
Plan by Stalin to improve production and efficiency in industry and manufacturing to raise industrial output.
What are the Five Year Plans
Benito Mussolini was appointed__________by King Emmanuel III of Italy
The prime minister
Name two reasons why Hitler came into power in 1934?
The Weimar Republic was weak, the economy was suffering from depression, inflation, and high unemployment, and Germans were bitter about the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler promised to solve the economic crises brought on by the Great Depression in the 1930s.
What did the Germans do in World War 1 which eventually led to Lenin's rise as a leader in Russia?
As a strategy to weaken their World War 1 enemy, Germany escorted an exiled Lenin back into Russia