Name: _______________________________
USVA History
Chapter 24.1 – Dictators threaten world peace
What is the most important thing (Main Idea) – Write it down in your own words________________________________________________________________________
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What do you expect out of you country's leaders in times of crisis?
What would it take for you to elect a dictator?
Nationalism Grips Europe and Asia
-The seeds of new conflicts had been sown in WWI
Peace had brought not prosperity but revolution fueled by economic depression and struggle
Joseph Stalin
In 1939 Stalin established a _____________________________ government- government that
exerts complete control over its people
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Leader of the ________________________________________
Believed in ____________________________ & ____________________________—
Seized all farmland and sought to industrialized Russia
State ownership of ________________________________
Wiped out his political opposition
Exterminated __________________________________ people.
Benito Mussolini
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Leader of ___________________________
Believed in ________________________________
He crushed all opposition
Made Italy a totalitarian state.
_____________________________ w/ strong government controls
Charismatic leader
Anti-Communist
Adolf Hitler
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Leader of ______________________________
Founded a German brand of Fascism called _________________________
Began a racial purification and German __________________________ movement.
Militaristic _________________________
Private property with strong government controls
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Hideki Tojo
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brought a military regime to Japan
overthrew the Japanese imperial government
made Japan a fascist state similar to Italy & Germany.
Francisco Franco
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Sought to bring fascism to Spain
America and Russia sent aid to protect the Spanish republic
Franco was backed by Italy and Germany
Eventually the Spanish republic fell and Spain became another fascist state.
Name one of today’s dictators ______________________________________________
What traits does this person have that are similar to those of WWII?
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Americans cling to Isolationism
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FDR continued _______________________________ policies
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Congress passed the _______________________________- Outlawed arms sales and
loans to nations at war, and nations involved in Civil War
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This act was tested when Japan invaded __________________________ in 1937
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FDR found a loophole and was able to break neutrality without violating the Neutrality
Act because Japan had never formally declared war on China