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What are the two types of dictatorships and what defines them?
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Authoritarian: mildly repressive which allows weak legislautretotalitarian: attempts to control all aspects of soicety
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What are the basic principals of a totalitarian government?
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-official plan cover all human aspects-single party under one leader-government monopoly on police and weapon-tight economic control-contro of communication-based on great man theory
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What are the five different types of authoritarian governments?
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-Absolute Monarchy: divine rights-One Man Autocratic Rule: based on strong personable leader-Oligarchy:government by a elite group-Military Dictatorship: military controls key institutions-Minority Tyranny: when a demographically small group controls majority
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What were the two rejections of liberalism in the 20th century in the form of a totalitarian government?
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Communism: characterized by the equality of all and theoretically a democracyFascism: characterized by elitism and inequality/slight capitalism
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What are the 6 ideas all dictatorships have in common?
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-Authoritarian Rule: political power in hands of few or one man-Propaganda: control of media to indoctrinate-Indoctrination: brainwashing-Use of Force-Direction of Popular Discontent-Controlled Participation
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Name 3 factors that led to communism in Russia
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-Russia defeated in 1905 war and citizens were unhappy-food shortages-inefficient government and serfs were unhappy with lack of power and Czars abuse of power
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Was Communism radical or reactionary?
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Radical: wanted to change the way things were done and become more liberal in social
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Name 2 things Lenin did when he was leader
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-War Communism: following the 1917 revolution he tried to rapidly communize russia by confiscating private lands, declaring the market illegal and abolishing private ownership all very quickly-New Economic Policy: when he realized that wasn't working, he allowed some aspects of capitalism to exist to stimulate economy while still controlled baking, transportation, army etc
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Name 2 things Stalin did to industrialize Russia
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-Five Year Plans: implemented five year plans to rapidly industrializeCollectivization: collectivized all farms to support industrialization
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Who did Stalin use a source for popular discontent?
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Kulaks: wealthy land owners which he took the land away from
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What genocide did Stalin commit?
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Holodomour(1932)-resulted become kulaks in ukraine were unhappy and began to destroy resources, and stalin used this famine to repress ukraine nationalism
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What period of political repression was associated with Stalin?
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The Great Purge(1936)- after the holodomour many people began to dissent and Stalin wanted to kill these however some members of the politburo resisted him, so he killed all high ranking members of red army, many high ranking officials in the old bolsheviks
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What conditions(6) existed in Germany pre-1933 that led to Fascism PLEFFUG
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-Political Instability:dissatisfaction with weimar gov't-Fear of Communism-Economic Instability: treaty of versaille/war guilt clause-Unhappy middle class: inflation due to economy-French Invasion of Ruhr: unable to make payments -Germany was demilitarized-Legacy of Authoritarian Rule: german empire was popular
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How did Hitler come to power? (5)
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-was a charismatic leader-gained support of workers-Reichstag fire article-elected as chancellor-enabling act
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How did Hitler Increase his power?
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-Anschluss(1938): union of austria and germany-Rome Berlin Axis(1936)-Nazi Soviet Pact (1939)
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