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| A political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism, a denial of individual rights, and a dictator-like one-party rule. |
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| An Italian politician who was a fascist. |
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| Took over government of Italy. Abolished democracy and all political parties except the Fascists. Censored radio broadcasts and newspaper stories. |
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| Was Mussolini as successful as Stalin and Hitler in achieving total control over his country? |
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| No. But Mussolini was the first one to try having total control over his country. |
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| Leader of German Nazis. Also known as the Fuhrer. |
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| This is a book Hitler wrote. It was the action plan for the Nazis. It said blond, blue-eyed Aryans were the master race. It said Jews and others were sub-human. |
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| Fascist ruler of Argentina, who tried to be like the European Fascists. |
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| Hitler's elite, black-uniformed guys. They murdered lots of Hitler's enemies, and later also murdered many Jews. |
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| The SS. Schulz Staffel. Nazi secret police. |
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| Why did Germans at first support Hitler? |
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| They thought he would stand up to the Communists. They thought he would make their country bigger by invading other countries, so they would have more living space. They liked the fact that he opposed the Versailles treaty. |
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| Il Duce was Mussolini. Il Duce means "the leader". |
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| How did Hitler rule his country? |
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| Established a dictatorship, giving him absolute power. Banned all other political parties. Had opponents arested. Banned strikes, outlawed labor unions. |
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| Why did Hitler make war on the Jews? |
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| Hatred of Jews was part of his beliefs. Jews were less than one percent of the population, but were blamed for all the country's troubles. |
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| What was the Kristallnacht? |
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| It means Night of the Broken Glass. It was when Nazis attacked Jews in their homes and destroyed thousands of Jewish businesses. It was the start of the process of getting Jews out of German life. |
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| He was an African American runner. In the Olympics in Germany, Hitler thought that Germans would win everything. Hitler was upset when Jesse Owens won four gold medals. |
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| government control over every aspect of private and public life |
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| By the mid-1930s, the nations of the world were split into two camps. What were the two camps? |
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| Democratic and totalitarian. |
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| "living space" -- the additional territory that Hitler said Germany needed since Germany was overcrowded. |
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