Important terms

• Fascist


  a member of a political party who supports extreme nationalism and a dictator
• Hitler


  German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945), Nazi leader and founder; had over 6 million Jews assassinated during the Holocaust
• Communism


  A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
• Stalin


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


  Italian fascist dictator (1883-1945)
• Totalitarianism


  A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
• Dictatorship


  A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority.
• Mein Kampf


  'My Struggle' by hitler, later became the basic book of nazi goals and ideology, reflected obsession
• antidemocratic


  Against a government ruled by the people
• Marxism-Leninism


  the political and economic philosophy of the Bolsheviks, expounded by Vladimir Lenin, which looked to an uprising of the proletariat that would abolish private property and enforce social equality
• Weimar Republic


  German republic founded after the WWI and the downfall of the German Empire's monarchy.
• Great Purge


  A campaign of terror directed at eliminating anyone who threatened Stalin's power
• Kronstadt Rebellion


  Major cause for Lenin instituting the NEP. Mutiny by previously pro-Bolshevik sailors in March at Kronstadt naval base had to be crushed with machine gun fire