Fascist Dictators

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Fascist Dictators
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Quick Questions
Jump start

• What would make people want a strong government?
• Would people be more likely to support a dictator
  that promised national greatness in return for
  absolute power when the country was weak or when
  the country was already powerful?

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What is fascism?

• A form of government in which the government is
  more important than the people
  
• A fascist government is led by a dictator
• This was the type of government in Germany,
  Italy, Japan and Russia after World War I.

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• Extreme Militarism
• Extreme Nationalism
• Fascist

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Adolf HitlerGerman Fascist Totalitarian Dictator

• What was Hitlers political party?
• Nazis Nationalist Socialist Party
• What led Hitler to power?
• The Great Depression Hitler promised jobs to
  the unemployed
  
• Hatred for the Treaty of Versailles He built
  on the anger Germans had from the treaty
  
• Anti-Semitism Hitler gave the German people
  someone to blame for their hardship Eastern
  European Jewish people
  
• What was Hitlers goal?
• To create a powerful empire of German speaking
  people
  

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Quick Question

• Why would Germans be willing to turn to a leader
  that was extremely militaristic and extremely
  nationalistic?

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Benito MussoliniItalian Fascist Totalitarian
Dictator

• What was Mussolinis political party?
• The Fascist party
• What led Mussolini to power?
• Hatred for the Treaty of Versailles
• Depression in Italy
• What was Mussolinis goal for Italy?
• To Restore the glory of the Roman Empire (North
  Africa and Balkans)

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Quick Question

• Why would Italians be willing to turn to a leader
  that was extremely militaristic and extremely
  nationalistic?

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General TojoJapanese Fascist Totalitarian
Dictator

• Who is the Japanese emperor?
• Hirohito (He was a weak ruler)
• Who was the real leader of Japan?
• General Hideki Tojo
• What was Tojos goal?
• To rule all of Asia
• What were his main policies?
• Industrialization and militarism
• What were the needs of Japan?
• Raw materials (ex. Oil)

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Quick Question

• Why would the Japanese be willing to turn to a
  leader that was extremely militaristic and
  extremely nationalistic?
  

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Joseph StalinRussian Fascist Totalitarian
Dictator

• What was Stalins political party?
• The Communist Party
• How did Stalin come to power?
• Aligned himself with Lenin, then eliminated all
  competition and opposition.
  
• What was Stalins goal?
• To create the perfect Communist state

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Quick Question

• What were some of the similarities in how these
  leaders came to power?

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Activity Directions

• Create a graphic organizer that will identify,
  label, and explain the following
  
• Name of the leader
• Country
• Political party
• The rise to power
• Beliefs, goals, and policies
• Response of major world powers