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Responses to the Great Depression Summary (google doc) (Soviet Union…
Italy
Benito Mussolini was the leader of the fascist movement in Italy and was elected Prime Minister. He had very radical ideals, built up the Italian military, but helped reform the nation's economy.
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Fascist State: Fascism is a political belief used to strongly support nationalism, military citizenship, and strength through a single ruler with the force and authority of a dictator. In Italy, this was Benito Mussolini.
The United States
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States the leader during the great depression. He was a democrat who battled polio and served three terms. He is considered one of the greatest three presidents, along with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. 
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The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 was an act sponsored by two men, a representative and senator, and it's purpose was to raise tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods.
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Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin was the second leader of the USSR. He followed very radical Socialist ideals, even more so than Lenin. Since he was leader all throughout the depression and the second world war, there are varying views on his politics. Many people believe he did good to help the Russians and their economy. At the same time, Stalin was responsible for thousands of deaths and can easily be viewed as a murderous tyrant.
Vladimir Lenin founded the USSR in 1922 after the end of the first world war. The soviet union was founded because, when the depression began to hit Russia earlier than other nations, people needed financial security from the government, and this was found in Socialism. Lenin is now known to have made of the biggest impacts on a society during his time.
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Bolshevik Revolution: The Revolution took place in 1917 when the peasants and working class people of Russia revolted against the government of Tsar Nicholas II, led by Lenin
War Communism: The policy’s chief features were the expropriation of private business and the nationalization of industry throughout Soviet Russia, and the forced requisition of surplus grain and other food products from the peasantry by the state. This means people had to give more in tax during times of war.
NEP: The New Economic Policy was an economic policy of Soviet Russia proposed by Vladimir Lenin, who described it as a progression towards "state capitalism" within the workers' state of the USSR
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Germany
Hitler
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Nazi party: National Socialists German workers party. Under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, this was the active party in Germany from 1920-1945.
Nuremberg Laws: New laws were brought upon Germany by the Nazi Party which instituted the racial and cruel racial beliefs of the nazi party. German Jews could no longer marry or have sexual relationships with German blood.
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National Socialism: Also known as Nazism, this is the political doctrine of the Nazi party. It is a very far-right group and commonly characterized with fascism. The biggest outlier is this group supports scientific racsism.
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The Racial State: Once the Nazi's took power over Germany they began to create a pure Germany and rid other's that were seen as "undesirable" or not "German". Most German who were not "desirable" including the mentally ill, jews, and gypsies were condemned to death.
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Anti-Semitism