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AP World History: Ch. 30 The World between Wars: Revolutions, Depression, and Authoritarian Response, Pt. 2 Flashcards

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6411967259TotalitarianismA 20th-century form of government that exercised direct control over all aspects of its subjects; existed in Germany, Italy, the Soviet Union, and other communist states.0
6411971816Spanish Civil WarConflict between republican and autocratic supporters; with support from Germany and Italy, the autocratic regime of Francisco Franco triumphed. Served as a proxy war for WW2.1
6411980539CorporatismConservative political movement emphasizing the organic nature of society, with the state as mediator between different groups.2
6411983007Lázaro CárdenasMexican president (1934-1940); responsible for large land redistribution to create communal farms; also began program of primary and rural education.3
6411988195Getúlio VargasBecame president of Brazil following a contested election of 1929; led an authoritarian state; died in 1954.4
6411991722Juan PerónDominant authoritarian and populist leader in Argentina from the mid-1940s; driven into exile in 1955; returned and elected president in 1973; died in 19745
6411994759Five-Year PlanStalin's plans to hasten industrialization of U.S.S.R.; constructed massive factories; led to state-planned industrialization at cost of availability of consumer products.6
6411998471Socialist RealismAttempt within U.S.S.R. to relate formal culture to the masses; fundamental method of Soviet fiction, art, and literary criticism.7
6412006246GestapoHitler's secret police used to intimidate rivals and political opponents.8
6412015168PropagandaControl of media to influence and manipulate the populus.9
6412024055Anti-SemitismHostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews.10
6412033062HolocaustA genocide in which some six million European Jews were killed by Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany, and the World War II collaborators with the Nazis.11
6412045545IntegralistsBrazilian fascists who helped fend of communist coups in 1937.12
6412059767Estado NovoBrazilian state based on the ideas of Mussolini's fascist Italy.13
6412073018EvitaThe wife of Juan Peron who became a champion for the poor and downtrodden of Argentina.14
6412087993CollectivizationMassive agricultural program in the Soviet Union established by Stalin to force peasants to join state-run collective farms.15
6412118116PolitburoExecutive committee of the Soviet Communist party.16
6412121578MVDStalin's secret police17

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