Economic collapse and Mussolini

Axis in WWII

Germany, Japan, and Italy

Allies in WWII

America, Britain, France, and Soviet Union

When did WWII start

September 1st, 1939

Consequences of Great Depression

Demand drop →factories closed →unemployment

Support grew for what group of people

Authoritarian leaders

Mussolini dictator title

II Duce

What does II Duce mean

The leader

Who was the leader of Italy

Benito Musollini

What type of government did they impose

Fascism

What did he use to spread propaganda

Newspaper

What fascist movement did he make in 1919

The blackshirts

Leader of the Soviets

Joseph Stalin

Leader of England

Winston Churchill

What is absolute control called

Totalitarianism

Leader of USA

Franklin Delano Rosevelt

Leader of Germany

Adolf Hitler

What did the Weimar Republic allow

Freedom of speech for everyone

4 ways the Treaty of Versailes affected Weimar Republic

Reduce military, lost land, payed heavy reparations, forced to take blame

Mark equivalence to US dollar

1 U.S dollar = 4.2 trillion marks

Where was Hitler born

Austria

What party did he join

German workers party

What did that party become

Nazi party

Nazi party blamed who for Germany’s problems

Jews and communists

What did they promote

Extreme nationalism

What gorup did the Nazis create

The brownshirts

Who did they appeal to

Unemployed, farmers, and middle class

What was the Beer Hall Potsch

Hitler failed his coup (government takeover)

What book did he write in prison

Mein Kampf