How did Joseph Stalin rise to totalitarian power?

He promoted his friends to government jobs while Secretary

Stalin’s First Five-Year Plan focused on:

industrialization and modernizing agriculture.

What were the Nuremberg Laws?

Nazi enforced law that stripped Jews of citizenship rights.

Who was fighting in the Russian Civil War? What was the end result?

Reds & Whites - Reds utilized prime land to secure victory

How did Italian leaders view the peace settlement that ended World War I?

They were disappointed in the amount of territory they were awarded.

Hitler created a 25 point platform for the Nazi Party and also called for what?

Rejection of the Treaty of Versailles

After WWII, what did the world label Franco?

"The last surviving fascist dictator"

In post-war Italy, how did Benito Mussolini reach his followers?

By writing in a newspaper, attacking socialists as traitors to Italy.

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GWH - Ch. 26 - Fascism & Totalitarianism

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1
How did Joseph Stalin rise to totalitarian power?
He never rose to totalitarian power.
He was freed by the Germans to start a revolution
He promoted his friends to government jobs while Secretary
He had Vladimir Lenin assassinated
2
What country did Mussolini brutally attack with revenge in mind?
Liberia
Germany
Ethiopia
United States
3
Hitler proclaimed that Germany was superior to others and that there were two common enemies. What were those “enemies”?
Fascists
Christians
Jews
Communists
4
Stalin’s First Five-Year Plan focused on:
going to war with opposing countries.
encouraging entrepreneurship.
industrialization and modernizing agriculture.
eliminating "enemies of the people."
5
What were the Nuremberg Laws?
Nazi enforced laws that required every Jew to enlist.
Nazi enforced laws that required Germans to speak German only
Nazi enforced laws that required every Jew to report themselves.
Nazi enforced law that stripped Jews of citizenship rights.
6
The enemy = nobles, aristocrats, & very wealthy. Class hatred rather than racial hatred.
Monarchism
Communism
Socialism
Fascism
7
What led to several million deaths during Joseph Stalin's totalitarian rule or the "Great Purge" in the Soviet Union?
All of the choices
Execution
Famine
Concentration Camps
8
He inspired other fascist dictatorships such as Francisco Franco & Adolf Hitler.
Vladimir Lenin
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
9
Which leaders did Mussolini inspire and eventually join in the “Pact of Steel?”
Hitler & Franco
Lenin & Franco
Hitler & Stalin
Stalin & Lenin
10
How did Hitler test the Western Powers & the Treaty of Versailles?
All of the choices
Stopped paying reparations
Secret plans of aggression/invasion
Remilitarizing
11
Who was fighting in the Russian Civil War? What was the end result?
The Union & Confederates - The Union won, ending slavery
Reds & Blues - Reds utilized prime land to secure victory
Reds & Whites - Whites utilized prime land to secure victory
Reds & Whites - Reds utilized prime land to secure victory
12
His ideology developed that there were two enemies: Communists & Jews.
Joseph Stalin
Francisco Franco
Vladimir Leinin
Adolf Hitler
13
How did Italian leaders view the peace settlement that ended World War I?
They were overwhelmed by the reparations they were required to pay.
They were happy with it, they got territory they were promised.
They were angered by the war guilt clause they were forced to sign.
They were disappointed in the amount of territory they were awarded.
14
_______ established totalitarian rule in the Soviet Union.
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotsky
15
What were the two groups that made up the Russian Revolution?
Republicans & Nationalists
Republicans & Democrats
Bolsheviks & Republicans
Bolsheviks & Mensheviks
16
The enemy = outsiders & ethnic minorities. Policies favor upper class / wealthy.
Conservatism
Fascism
Socialism
Communism
17
Hitler created a 25 point platform for the Nazi Party and also called for what?
Acceptance of the Treaty of Versailles
Rejection of the Treaty of Versailles
It wasn't a 25 point platform, but 24 points
The persecution of Fascists
18
Who led the revolt against the Spanish Republic in 1936?
Vasco De Gama
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Franco
Diego Martinez Barrio
19
After WWII, what did the world label Franco?
"The last surviving fascist dictator"
"The final King of Spain"
"The second surviving fascist dictator"
"A traitor to Spain"
20
In post-war Italy, how did Benito Mussolini reach his followers?
He had a hard time gaining followers.
He used pacifism to appeal to his eventual followers.
By writing in a newspaper, attacking socialists as traitors to Italy.
He used his military experience to talk about a violent overthrow.

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