Monday 3/25/13
RAP
• Did you do anything fun over break?
• Who were the two leaders of the Soviet Union that we
discussed before break?
– Name one plan they had for the Soviet Union.
Today:
1. Dictators—Ch. 18.3
1. Review– and
2. Video and notes
2. Picture questions
3. Quiz on people and terms from Ch. 18 and 19
Before WWII Italy--Mussolini
• Fascist dictator – who put an end to democracy
– Totalitarian government—controlled all aspects of Italian life---books,
radio, movies, etc.
– Used brutal tactics to ensure Italians voted for him.
– Called Il Duce –The Leader
– Banned non fascist parties
– Built up armed forces
– Fascists murdered, attacked any who did not follow their policies
Why he came into power?
• Economy deteriorated following WWI
• Price of bread rose
• Coal shortage—hampered industrial production.
• Unrest spread through Italy
• Middle and upper class feared communist revolution.
• Video clip of Mussolini –5-6 minutes
• Take additional notes as you watch
The Weimar Republic
• After WWI, Germany was hurting economically, politically, and
socially.
• In 1919, the Weimar Republic was established.
– Assembly drafted a new constitution.
– Political instability and violence erupted.
– Some German citizens were upset because the leaders of the Weimar
Republic accepted the terms to the Treaty of Versailles.
• Germans were to pay reparations of $35 billion.
• Germany could not pay France, so French troops marched in
to the Ruhr Valley and took control of coal mines and steel
mills.
• Government printed more and more money…making money
worth less.
• U.S. set up the Dawes plan to help Germany…French leave
Ruhr Valley.
Rise of Nazism
• National Socialist Workers’ party = NAZI
• Adolf Hitler
– Born in Austria, 1889
– Formed the Brownshirts to seize power of the government.
– Hitler was arrested for starting trouble…while in jail he wrote Mein
Kampf (My Struggle).
• Germans were not at fault for losing the Great War, but should blame Jews
and communists.
• He declared Germans were the master race.
• Saw himself as the leader that would unite all German speaking people into
a new empire.
– Once released from jail…1929—Great Depression…he appealed to
German citizens.
– 1930s Nazis won a large number of seats in Reichstag—lower house.
– 1933, he became Chancellor of Germany.
– The Nazis had come to power.
• Adolf Hitler – (6 minutes)
– Please take additional notes as you watch.
Analyzing pictures Ch. 18.3
1. Please read “Images of the Times” on
page 560-561.
– Answer the questions.
2. Look at the picture on page 558—and
answer the question.
3. Look at the picture on page 559—and
answer the question.
4. Look at the picture on page 562—answer
the question.
– Be ready to share your answers with the
class.
• Japan in China video
• Rise of Hitler
Study for Quiz !!!! Tuesday /
Wednesday
• Ch. 18
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Hitler
Mussolini
Lenin
Stalin
Roosevelt
Purge
Kristallnacht
Fascism
Totalitarianism
Third Reich
Nazi youth
Concentration camp
Mein Kampf
• Ch. 19
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Sun Yat-sen
Chiang Kai Shek
Mao Zedong
Emperor Hirohito
Red Army
Manchuko
China Incident