5/18/16 1 A(er WWI, many na2ons were struggling to rebuild A global depression in the 1930s led to high unemployment & a sense of despera2on in Europe The Treaty of Versailles created biHerness among many na2ons In this climate of postwar uncertainty, na2onalism increased & ci2zens turned to totalitarian dictators to rule the na2on Totalitarian leaders are dictators who control all aspects of the government & the lives of the ci2zens Totalitarian leaders gained support by promising jobs, promo2ng na2onalism, & using propaganda Dictators held on to their power by using censorship, secret police, denying liber2es, & elimina2ng opposing rivals or poli2cal par2es What ‘long termcause of world war’ increased a(er WWI in Europe & what did ci2zens turned toward?
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5/18/16
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A(er WWI, many na2ons were
struggling to rebuild
A global depression in the 1930s led to high unemployment &
a sense of despera2on in Europe The Treaty of Versailles created biHerness among many na2ons
In this climate of postwar uncertainty, na2onalism increased & ci2zens turned to totalitarian dictators to rule the na2on
Totalitarian leaders are dictators who control all aspects of the government & the lives of the ci2zens
Totalitarian leaders gained support by
promising jobs, promo2ng
na2onalism, & using propaganda Dictators held on to their power by using censorship, secret police,
denying liber2es, & elimina2ng
opposing rivals or poli2cal par2es
What ‘long term-‐cause of world war’ increased a(er WWI in Europe & what did ci2zens turned toward?
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Describe what parts of the life was to be controlled by dictators: (TRACE THE BORDERS OF PARTS-‐1)
Describe what parts of the life was to be controlled by dictators: (TRACE THE BORDERS AGAIN OF PARTS-‐2)
Among the first totalitarian dictators was Joseph Stalin
of the Soviet Union
Stalin was Communist & seized all property, farms, factories in order to control
the economy & create equality
He used a secret police & the Great Purge to eliminate rivals
Stalin’s Five Year Plans & collec2ve farms improved the Soviet Union’s industrial &
agricultural output
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What poli2cal decision did Stalin make to eliminate his rivals in the Soviet Union? (Write Ques2on (on le()& response on right))
Not all totalitarian dictators were Communists
In Italy, Germany, & Spain, people turned to an extremely
na2onalist gov’t called fascism Fascist gov’ts
were controlled by dictators who demanded loyalty
from ci2zens Fascists did not
offer democracy & used one-‐party to rule the na2on
Unlike Communists, fascists believed people could keep their property
What are three characteris2cs to a Fascist government?
