Guess That Leader
Economics
WWII
Other
100

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

100

The right of unions to negotiate with employers over wages and hours.

Collective Bargaining

100

Italy's alliance with Germany that resulted in their involvement in WWII.

Pact of Steel

100

Hitler's book which outlined his plans for restoring Germany to greatness.

Mein Kampf

200

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

200

When a government pays out more money than it takes in through taxation and other revenues, thus going into debt.

Deficit Spending

200

Kind of war that consisted of swift, massive, and highly coordinated attacks by waves of warplanes, tanks, and infantry.

Blitzkrieg/lightning war

200

Hitler's private army. This group provided security at rallies, marched in parades, and terrorized communists and other enemies of the party.

Brownshirts

300

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

300

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

300

A violation of internationally accepted practices related to waging war.

War Crimes

300

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

400

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

400

An economic system in which government makes the decisions about what and how much will be produced.

Command Economy

400

Signed by Germany and Japan promising a common front against communism.

Anti-Comintern Pact

400

Mussolini's group's "action squads" that patrolled their cities, attacking organizations of socialists, communists, republicans, Catholics, and trade unionists.

Blackshirts

500
He was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and was a major part of the Tehran Conference.

Churchill

500

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

500

Germany and the Soviet Union's promise to not attack each other.

Nonaggression Pact

500

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