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The Rise of Dictators Post WWI

Word List with 12 words
By Dictionary.com

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dictatorship

A country, government, or the form of government in which absolute power is exercised by a single person.

totalitarian

Of or pertaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life.

fascism

A governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and, often, racism.

Benito Mussolini

Italian Fascist leader. Premier of Italy in 1922.

Soviet Union

A former federal union of 15 constituent republics in Europe and Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991.

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Adolf Hitler

Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria. Chancellor in 1933.

Nazi

A member of the National Socialist German Workers' party of Germany, which in 1933, under Adolf Hitler, seized political control of the country, suppressing all opposition and establishing a dictatorship over all activities of the people.

Joseph Stalin

Soviet political leader. Secretary general of the Communist party in 1922.

Francisco Franco

Spanish military leader and dictator. Chief of state in 1939.

Italy

A republic in southern Europe, comprising a peninsula south of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands.

Germany

A republic in central Europe. After World War II, it was divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet.

Spain

A kingdom in SW Europe. Includes the Balearic and Canary islands.