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Russian Revolution & Totalitarian Dictators Vocab Cards
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10th Grade
04/21/2017

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1. Adolf Hitler 

 

Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazis. 

Definition

Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. 

 

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2. Atheism 

 

For someone to be an athiest, they must not believe in God. 

Definition

the belief that there is no god


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3. Benito Mussolini 

 

Benito Mussolini was an Italian politician. 

Definition

He organized veterans and other discontented Italians into Fascist Party; "il Duce": the boss

 

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4. Black Shirts 

 

Black Shirts were the uniforms they wore. 

Definition

party militants and supporters of Mussolini who rejected the democratic process in favor of violent actions


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5. Bolsheviks 

 

The Bolsheviks were led by Vladimir Lenin. 

Definition

A party of revolutionary Marxists, led by Vladimir Lenin, who seized power in Russia in 1917


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6. Chancellor 

 

The Chancellor was drafted in 1919. 

Definition

in 1919, German leaders drafted a constitution in the city of Wiemar. It created the Wiemar Republic. The constitution set up a parliamentary system led by a Prime Minister; appointed by & reports to the President


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7. Cheka 

 

The Cheka was formed by Lenin. 

Definition

secret police, formed by Lenin and the Bolsheviks: made arrests, tortured and executed thousands, took hostages in areas that favored the Whites, ran concentration camps, executed thousands, including the former Tsar Nicolas II and his family


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8. Collectives 

 

Collectives are peasnats. 

Definition

Stalin wanted all peasants to farm on state-owned farms, or large farms owned by peasants as a group


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9. Comintern 

 

The Comintern was formed in 1919. 

Definition

Lenin formed the Communist International, an association of Communist parties founded in 1919 by Russian Bolshevik leader Lenin, to promote the spread of the revolution and the preaching of communist principles throughout Europe.


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10. Command Economy 

 

The Command Economy made all the economic decisions. 

Definition

the Soviet Union developed a system in which the government officials made all basic economic decisions


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11. Facism 

 

People who support facism are destructive to basic human rights. 

Definition

centralized, authoritarian government that is not communist whose polices glorify the state over individual and are destructive to basic human rights

 

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12. Führer


The Führer name means "leader" or "guide". 

Definition

the unique name granted by Hitler to himself, german term meaning "leader" or "guide", Hitler modeled the title after Benito Mussolini's use of il Duce.


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13. Gestapo 

 

Gestapo was a part of the SS. 

Definition

German acronym for the German Secret State Police, part of the SS notorious for terrorism against enemies of the state


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14. Gulag 

 

Gulags were sent to labor camps.

Definition

grumblers, or critics of Stalin, were rounded up and sent to a system of brutal labor camps


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15. Karl Marx 

 

Karl Marx was also known as the "father of comunism". 

Definition

Often recognized as the "father of communism"; believed that communism would replace capitalism, believed in a classless society. (1818-1883)

 

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16. Joseph Stalin 

 

 Joseph Stalin was head of "man of steel". 

Definition

Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition; "man of steel" (1879-1953)


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17. Kulaks 

 

Kulaks own a lot of land and animals. 

Definition

wealthy farmers


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18. Lenin

 

Lenin led the October Revolution. 

Definition

Founded the Communist Party in Russia and set up the world's first Communist Party dictatorship. He led the October Revolution of 1917, in which the Communists seized power in Russia. He then ruled the country until his death in 1924


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19. March on Rome

 

Many fascists were involved in the March on Rome

Definition

tens of thousands of fascists swarmed towards Rome. Fearing civil war, king Victor Emmanuel III asked Mussolini to form a government as Prime Minister


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20. Nuremburg Laws 

 

The Nazi's passed the Nuremburg Laws

Definition

in 1935, the Nazis passed these laws which deprived Jews of German citizenship and placed several restrictions on them, including: being prohibited from marrying non-Jews, attending or teaching at German schools, holding government jobs, practicing law or medicine, or publishing books


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21. Proletariat 

 

Another name for the working class is Proletariat

Definition

Marx's term for the exploited class, the mass of workers who do not own the means of production; the working class


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22. Ruhr Valley 

 

The Ruhr Valley occurred in 1923. 

Definition

in 1923, Germany fell behind in reparations payments so France occupied the coal- rich Ruhr valley

 

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23. Russification 

 

To make something more Russian, you apply Russification.

Definition

making a nationalities culture more Russian


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24. Socialist Realism 

 

A type of style for writers and artists is Socialist Realism

Definition

Stalin required artists and writers to conform to a style in which the goal was to boost socialism by showing Soviet life in a positive light

 

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25. Soviets 

 

The Soviets were part of the Soviet Union. 

Definition

councils of workers and soldiers


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26. Totalitarian state 

 

Totalitarian state is a form of government. 

Definition

Mussolini practiced the first form of government, a one party dictatorship that attempts to regulate every aspect of the lives of its citizens

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27. Third Reich 

 

Hitler was in the Third Reich.

Definition

Hitler boasted that under his new empire the German master race would dominate Europe for a thousand years


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