People
Leader of the Third Reich in Germany
Adolf Hitler
German brand of Fascism
Nazism
What worldwide event led to the rise of fascism in Europe?
Treaty that ended WWI, led to Germany being severely punished
Treaty of Versailles
Japan wanted to build an empire through expansion, this is known as
Imperialism
Founder of Fascism who led Italy from the 1920’s until the end of WWII
Benito Mussolini
Economic slump of the 1930’s
The Great Depression
The black shirts were followers of who?
Benito Mussolini
The League of Nations
Why did European countries give into the demands of Hitler?
They wanted to avoid war
Leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Foreign policy of not getting involved in foreign disputes practiced by the U.S. before and again after WWI
Isolationism
The weak democratic German government after WWI that helped lead to the rise of fascism
Weimar Republic
The stock market crashed on October 29 of what year?
1929
Japan's need for natural resources led them to invade this country in 1937
China
President of the United States throughout much of the 1930's and 40's
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Policy of giving in an aggressor’s demands in the attempt to avoid war.
Appeasement
laws passed in Germany that discriminated against Jews
Nuremburg Laws
What 3 countries made up the Axis Powers?
Germany, Italy, Japan
Stalin enacted a policy of Collectivization in the 1920's and 30's which meant
Forced consolidation of privately owned farms into large government owned farms
Fascist dictator of Spain
Francisco Franco
German word for living space
Lebesraum
Define fascism
Totalitarian government with emphasis on nationalism
What African country did Mussolini take over?
Ethiopia
Hitler's demand of Czechoslovakian land know as the "Sudetenland" led to this meeting of European powers
Munich Conference