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IB World History- Single Party Leaders
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12th Grade
05/01/2011

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Hitler- Background
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born in Austria, rejected from art school, homeless, fought in World War II
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Hitler- Rise to Power
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Beer Hall Putsch fails, Hitler becomes Chancellor, Reichstag Fire, Enabling Law, becomes dictator
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Hitler- Right/Left
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right- fascist
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Hitler- Political
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Nazism, one party state
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Hitler- Social
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promoted discrimination and fear/dislike or Jewish people, brownshirts, focus on education
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Hitler- Economic
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improved economy and living conditions for people, eliminated unemployment, 5 Year Plan
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Hitler- Foreign Policy
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helps Franco in Spanish Civil War, withdraws from League of Nations, appeasement
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Hitler- Support
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Germans who were humiliated by Versailles treaty, nationalists, workers, volk
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Hitler- Successes
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unified Germany, improved infrastructure, gave hope to people, developed a flourishing economy, little unemployment, appeasement
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Hitler- Failures
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implemented holocaust, caused Germany to be broken up, World War II
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Hitler- Downfall
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commits suicide after Russians surround Berlin
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Mao- Background
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comes from a poor peasant family, studies to become a teacher
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Mao- Rise to Power
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becomes President of China and Chairman of CCP
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Mao- Right/Left
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left- communist
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Mao- Political
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established People's Communes
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Mao- Social
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extreme cult of personality, used much propaganda, people were suspicious of one another, state in front of individual, 100 Flowers Campaign, Little Red Book
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Mao- Economic
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1st 5 Year Plan is successful, Great Leap Forward fails
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Mao- Foreign Policy
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pushes back America in Korean War, Sino-Soviet Split
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Mao- Support
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poor people, peasant farmers
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Mao- Successes
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land reform, marriage law, improves education, 1st 5 Year Plan
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Mao- Failures
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Great Leap Forward, thousands die during Cultural Revolution
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Mao- Downfall
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becomes ill and loses power, dies later
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Mussolini- Background
Definition
son of a blacksmith, journalist and teacher, creates fascism out of anti-communism
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Mussolini- Rise to Power
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March on Rome, appointed Prime Minister by King Emmanuel, fascists take control of government
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Mussolini- Right/Left
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right- fascist
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Mussolini- Political
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ultra-nationalist, against class-war, militarization, parties banned
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Mussolini- Social
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blackshirts, SA instilled fear within people
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Mussolini- Economic
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corporativism
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Mussolini- Foreign Policy
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helps Franco, wanted an empire, friendly with Britain and Soviet Union, allies with Hitler in Rome-Berlin Axis
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Mussolini- Support
Definition
business owners, middle class
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Mussolini- Successes
Definition
brings order, establishes an autarky
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Mussolini- Failures
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totalitarian, insufficient health care, censorship
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Mussolini- Downfall
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captured by Italian partisans and executed
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Stalin- Background
Definition
poor, rose in ranks under Lenin
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Stalin- Rise to Power
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competed for power with Trotsky after Lenin's death and won
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Stalin- Right/Left
Definition
left- communist
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Stalin- Political
Definition
communism, "socialism in one country"
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Stalin- Social
Definition
established fear within people, used gulags and purges to threaten enemies, major famine in Ukraine
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Stalin- Economic
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1st 5 Year Plan fails, collectivization
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Stalin- Foreign Policy
Definition
helps Franco in Spanish Civil War
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Stalin- Support
Definition
poor farmers, workers
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Stalin- Successes
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makes Russia more stable and powerful, education
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Stalin- Failures
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kills many people, largely hated, 1st 5 Year Plan, oppressive, no economy
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Stalin- Downfall
Definition
dies in his sleep
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