Aggression In Europe

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Aggression In Europe

• The rise of two Dictators
• Hitler and Mussolini

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The Great Depression (1929)

• Begins on Tuesday October 29th, 1929 in USA
• stock market collapses
• U.S. economic collapse follows gt unemployment
  reaches 25!
• End Result
• European countries were just beginning to recover
  from WWI
• The weak U.S. economy spread to the GLOBAL
  economy.
• Japanese Economy begins to suffer
• Germany became less stable

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Food Lines Hoovervilles
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March Towards World War II
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
Treaty of Versailles
Weimar Republic
Great Depression
Mussolini takes power (1922)
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1918 1920 1922
1928 1931 1933 1939
Hyperinflation Germany (1920-23)
Stalin rules USSR
Russian Revolution
Hitler Becomes Chancellor
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The Great Depression helps Hitler gain power
Hitler joins the NAZI political party in 1920
(National Socialist German Workers Party)
1930- Nazi party gains 143 seats in
Reichstag 1932- Nazi party is largest German
political party
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March Towards World War II
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
Treaty of Versailles
Weimar Republic
Great Depression
Mussolini takes power (1922)
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1918 1920 1922
1928 1931 1933 1939
Hyperinflation Germany (1920-23)
Stalin rules USSR
Russian Revolution
Hitler Becomes Chancellor
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Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany 1933
Reading.
5 Reasons Hitler Rose to Power
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Hitler Establishes Power (1933)

• Demanded absolute power for 4 years
• Banned all other political parties
• SS or protection squad was created
• Began to murder his enemies

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Hitler uses Propaganda

• Turned press, radio, literature into propaganda
  tools
• Books were burned that did not conform to Nazi
  beliefs
• Churches forbidden to criticize the Govt

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Mein Kampf Reading
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Hitler Video
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ITALY(in 1919)

• 1919 Many Economic problems
• High unemployment, inflation
• Italy disappointed/angry over World War I peace
  treaty
• Upper Middle class feared a Communist
  Revolution
• Russian Revolution had inspired some socialist
  revolutionaries
• Benito Mussolini founded Fascist Party
• Government was a constitutional monarchy
• Mussolini argued for new Government

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Mussolinis Black Shirts
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Mussolini IL Duce

• Mussolini takes power legally in 1922
• King Parliament granted dictatorial rule for
  one year
• Felt Democratic Government unable to deal with
  economic crisis
• Mussolini promised strong leadership change
• Outlawed elections rival political parties

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Benito Mussolini 1883-1945
Never had complete control like Hitler or Stalin
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Fascism vs. Communism

• Both extreme forms of Nationalism
• Required rule of one party
• Both used propaganda secret police
• Fascism did not seek a classless society

Everything in the State, nothing outside the
state, nothing against the state.
Mussolini 1926
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Political Freedom
DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM
Economic Freedom
Economic Control
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COMMUNISM (Dictatorial Socialism)
FASCISM (Dictatorial Capitalism)
Political Control
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What is Fascism

• Primary Source written 1932

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