Rise of Dictators

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Rise of Dictators

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

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Europe after WWI

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

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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

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Dictators of WWII

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

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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.