Rise of Dictators Review

When did the Russian Revolution happen?

• 1812

• 1917

• 2000

• 1465

What did the Bolsheviks promise the public?

• Money and a house

• Peace, land, and bread

• A vacation

• A better job

Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Party?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Adolf Hitler

• Vladimir Lenin

Who became the leader of Russia after Lenin died?

• Joseph Stalin

• Nicholas I

• Vladimir Putin

What is a dictator?

• A strong leader with absolute power

• A leader who allows a lot of individual freedoms

• A leader who is not power and has very little control

What is the best definition for fascism?

• A political set of ideas that says a strong central government and very powerful leader are best

• Belonging to a particular cultural group

• A sense of being better than people of other races/ethnicity

• Following of orders

What did both Mussolini and Hitler do when they came to power?

• They nationalized all farms and business

• They joined a group know as Black Shirts

• They banned all other political parties

Turmoil can best be described as _________________________________.

• A time of peace

• A time of disorder; chaos

• A happy time

What ideas were at the core of Hitler's ideology?

• Radical liberalism and anti-segregation

• Marxist communism and neo-imperialism

• Anti-Semitism and extreme German nationalism

• Constitutional democracy and self-determination

What did Hitler do once he became Chancellor through legal means?

• He used his popularity to expand suffrage to more Germans

• He wrote his book Mein Kampf, outlining his future plans

• He purged the government of Jews and eliminated those he saw as political rivals

• He led a March on Rome with a massive number of his followers