AP World History Chapter 29 Terms Flashcards

153691820	Stalin's First Five-Year Plan	Communist party created industries and cities from scratch and trained peasants to work in factories, mines, and offices. Industrialization hastened environmental changes.	0
153691821	Kulaks	better-off peasants resisting collectivization. Destroyed their crops, buildings, and animals rather than give them to the govt. Stalin ordered their "liquidation of a class", millions were arrested, executed, or starved.	1
153691822	NVKD	Stalin's secret police force in the 1930s. created climate of suspicion and fear to prevent rebellion.	2
153691823	Nazis	German political party led by Adolf Hitler, emphasizing nationalism, racism, and war. When Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Nazis became the only legal party and an instrument of Hitler's absolute rule. The party's formal name was National Socialist German Workers' Party.	3
153691824	Stalinist terror	high govt. demands, arresting people, sent to gulags.	4
153691825	Purges	Stalin accused most of Lenin's associates of treason. executed eight top generals and many lower officials. Kirov (party boss of Leningrad) was assassinated.	5
153691826	Alexandra Kollontai	Bolshevik spokeswoman for women's rights. Advocated liberation of women, communal housework, divorce on demand, equality in love/marriage, communal childrearing.	6
153691827	Stock market crash of 1929	stocks lost half their value in days, ruined investors, bank withdrawals caused banks to collapse.	7
153691828	Smoot-Hawley Tariff	1930's imort duties so high, cost import goods increased 70% - other countries did it too -basically stopped international trade	8
153691829	New Deal	government programs to stimulated and revitalize the economy, introduced by Franklin D. Roosevelt. US remained democratic.	9
153691830	Fasci di combattimento	fighting units of unemployed veterans and violent youths, demanded action and intimidated politicians.	10
153691831	Benito Mussolini	Fascist dictator of Italy. Led Italy to conquer Ethiopia, joined Germany in Axis pact and WWII alliance. Overthrown in 1943 by Allied invasion.	11
153691832	il duce is always right	most famous slogan of Fascist Italy.	12
153691833	Mein Kampf	book written by Hitler during a jail sentence in which he outlined his beliefs and goals about the Aryan "master race" and subjugation of all others.	13