The Rise of Dictators & WWII Events + End
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What is Fascism?
An extreme right-wing, authoritarian political system where a dictator has total control, suppressing all opposition and placing the nation's interests above individual rights.
What happens to the Italian government after Versailles?
It collapses.
What does Mussolini promise?
Great change to Italy’s serious problems.
Mussolini promises to restore…
Italian glory
Mussolini uses…
extreme nationalism
Mussolini begins a…
new empire
Who does Mussolini invade?
Ethiopia
Who were the two political figures of Japan?
Emperor Hirohito and General Hideki Tojo
What did Japan use?
Militarism and Nationalism (extreme).
In Japan there was a __________ economy and industry.
exploding
In Japan, there was a need for…
more markets and natural resources.
In Japan, what was 1st?
The Empire, personal needs/wants second.
Militarism and Nationalism led to…
Expansion and Conquest
What begins in 1931?
The Invasion of China/Korea
In the Soviet Union, Lenin is…
shot but suffers a stroke.
In the Soviet Union there was a LONG…
power struggle.
In the Soviet Union it was ______ vs. _______.
Stalin; Trotsky
When does Stalin emerge, what does he immediately do?
Stalin emerges in 1928, he immediately begins new policies.
In the Soviet Union there was collectivization, what is that?
The elimination of private property and restructuring of agricultural economy.
In the Soviet Union there were Great Purges, what were they?
The elimination of ALL competition (About 20 million in total sent to “Gulags”)
In the Soviet Union there was the Cult of Person, what is that?
There were pictures of Stalin everywhere, songs, and pledges to Stalin.
In Germany what hits it herder than any other country?
Depression
In Germany, what is on the verge of collapse?
Democracy
Adolf Hitler became the…
leader of a political party called the “National Socialists” or the Nazi Party
Adolf Hitler attempts to…
overthrow the government… is captured and imprisoned
While Adolf Hitler is imprisoned, what did he write?
Mein Kampf
What does Hitler use to gain popularity?
Nationalism
Who does Germany blame for its struggles?
Outside forces
Who are the outside forces?
Communists, Jews, and others
Hitler is furious over the…
Treaty of Versailles
During the Great Depression, Hitler is…
elected chance
The US adopts a strict…
isolationist policy in the 1930s
The US adopts an incredibly…
high tariff policy
The US becomes…
increasingly Pacifist (much like France and England)
Germany, Italy, Japan all seek…
“Breathing Space”
Appeasement exposed…
the weakness of the League of Nations.
Japan invades and occupies…
China 1931
Italy invades and occupies…
Ethiopia 1937
Appeasement process begins in…
mid 1930s
Appeasement led to _____________ in Germany.
remilitarization
Germany developed…
new tanks, u-boats, and cannons
Germany reoccupies…
the “Rhineland”
Germany re-annexes…
the “Saarland”
Anschluss means…
“union with”
Hitler wants to…
merge with Austria… a German speaking country (ethnically German)
Germany wants the…
“Sudentenland”
What is the Sudentenland?
An area of Czechoslovakia where there are a LOT of Germans.
Hitler wanting Sudetenland was the first time…
he wanted land controlled by non-Germans.
What was the Munich Conference?
A diplomatic meeting of the England, France, and Germany