Rise of Dictatorship WW2 + The Holocaust chapter 19 Key Terms

Lenin was...

• A German general during WW2

• The leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and first leader of Soviet Russia

• The Prime Minister of Italy during WW2

• The founder of the League of Nations

The Bolshevik Revolution was...

• A failed Russian coup against Tsar

• A movement to industrialize Russia in the 1920s

• A communist revolution that led to the overthrow of the Russian monarchy

• An uprising in Poland against Soviet rule

A Soviet was...

• A Russian council of workers and soldiers

• A military training school in Germany

• A type of economic policy under Stalin

• A term for Russian landowners

Stalin was...

• The founder of Nazi Germany

• The fascist dictator of Italy

• The communist leader of the Soviet Union who ruled with an iron fist

• The leader of Japan during WW2

War Communism was...

• A system of government based on military rule

• Lenin's policy to nationalize industry and distribute goods during the Russian Civil War

• Stalin's economic reform to industrialize Russia

• The Soviet Union's alliance with communist China

Collectivization under Stalin meant...

• The privatization of farms to increase efficiency

• The state seizure of land to create government-run farms

• The forced conscription of peasants into the army

• The elimination of the Soviet elite

Five-year plans were:

• Economic programs designed by Stalin to rapidly industrialize the Soviet Union

• Military strategies developed during WW2

• Treaties signed between Germany and the USSR

• Policies that encouraged democracy in the Soviet Union

Political purges under Stalin involved...

• Mass arrests the executions of perceived enemies of the state

• The introduction of democratic reforms

• The creation of new political parties

• The strengthening of diplomatic ties with the West