2/7 & 2/8
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Bell Ringer # 7
1. What were two causes of
the Great Depression?
2. How do you think the
Great Depression helped
dictators in Europe and
around the world come to
power?
Objectives
• Describe how the Great Depression/Treaty
of Versailles lead to the rise of
totalitarianism
• List the differences between Fascism and
Communism
Fascism Rises in
Europe
Totalitarianism
Government control over every
aspect of public and private life
Communism
• All means of
production are
owned by the state
• Private property
does not exist
• All goods and
services are
shared equally
Fascism
• A political
movement that
promotes an
extreme form of
nationalism
• Denial of individual
rights
• Dictatorial one
party rule
Comparing
Governments
Fascis
m
Communis
m
Page 910
Fascism
• Total Control
• Emphasizes
Extreme loyalty to leader
• Promise to:
• Restore national
pride
• Punish those
responsible
• Restore economy
Fascism Rises from the Great
Depression
Fascist Govt.
take control
Weak/Failed
Democracies
Loss of Faith in
Govt.
High Inflation
German
Unemployment
Rises
Fascist Leaders Rise to Power
(p 910-913)
Mussolini
Hitler
• 3 facts about the
leader
• Describe their
rise to power
• List the leaders’
goals
• 3 facts about the
leader
• Describe their
rise to power
• List the leaders’
goals
Benito Mussolini
(Italy)
•Fear of
Communist
revolution
(Russia)
•Founded Party
in 1919
•Violence
•Black Shirts
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=DBEEFC2F-2E16-4241-B2CE53EF7EA501D7&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
Adolf Hitler
(Germany)
•Served in German Army in WWI
•Joined political party to overturn the
Treaty of Versailles (also to combat
communism)
•Brown shirts or storm troopers
•Wrote Mein Kampf: “My Struggle”
•Lebensraum “Living Space” (take
other countries)
• A Way to gain power
• Traits of Propaganda
– Targets Audience
– Selective Information
– Plays on Emotion
“Propaganda is truly a terrible weapon
in the hands of an expert”
–Hitler 1942
“What good fortune for governments
that the people do not think.”
-Hitler
Examples
•Games
•Radio
•Film
• Looney Tunes, 1942
The
Ducktators
Who am I?
What party do I
lead?
What country
did I lead?
Nazism
1936 Olympic Games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcFbV
n3BeVQ&feature=PlayList&p=DBA0F04A
BD665A99&index=0
3-2-1
• Three things you learned
• Two things you are unsure about
• One question you have