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Title: Rise of Dictators


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Rise of Dictators
  • Why did totalitarian dictators gain power in
    Europe during the 1920s and 1930s?

2
Europe after WWI
  • INFER What do you think was going on in Europe
    after WWI?
  • RECALL Which country had it the worst? Why?

3
Vocabulary
  • Totalitarian a single party and its leader have
    total control on all aspects of peoples lives
  • Dictator leader who controls the nation by force
  • Fascism a political philosophy in which total
    power is given to a dictator and individual
    freedoms are denied

4
Dictators of WWII
  • Josef Stalin Soviet Union communist
  • Benito Mussolini Italy Fascist
  • Adolf Hitler Germany Nazi
  • Hideki Tojo Japan military dictator

5
Factors that led to the rise of dictators
  • Political instability dictators took advantage
    of uncertainty in their country
  • Germanys high war debt from reparations after
    WWI
  • Worldwide depression not just the U.S.
  • Massive unemployment throughout Europe
  • Fascism and other totalitarian governments took
    over
  • High inflation prices were so high people
    couldnt afford to buy things

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Summary
  • Political and economic conditions in Europe
    following WWI led to the rise of fascism and to
    WWII.
  • The rise of fascism threatened peace in Europe
    and Asia.
  • Fascist dictators include Hitler, Mussolini and
    Tojo.
  • Dictators led the countries that became known as
    the Axis Powers.
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