1. Fascism/ Nazism & Totalitarism

2. Fascism Extreme Militarism Extreme Nationalism
Loyalty to state and obedience to its leader  supreme rule
One-party rule / dictator
Denied individual rights
Believed each class had its own place & function (hate Communists!)

3. Nazism German brand of fascism
National Socialist German Workers’ Party (aka: Nazi)
More of a practice than a form of government
Extreme Nationalism & Militarism
Total faith in a leader

4. Totalitarianism
Political Gov’t system with complete centralized control  command economy
People totally subjected to state/authority; strong belief in a government and leader
No freedom or privacy
Strong military enforcement to lead country

5. Communism Loyalty to state & obedience to leader  supreme rule
One-party rule / dictator
Denied individual rights
Believed in dictatorship of a working class (hate fascists!)

6. Benito Mussolini - Italy Fascist Totalitarian Dictator
Italians angry because territory was not gained during Treaty of Versailles.
Unemployment up, taxes up & trade down = Civil unrest
Organized the Fascist Party – Wanted to stop the Communist & Socialist Revolutionaries
Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of new government.

7. Benito Mussolini - Italy Fascist Totalitarian Dictator
Promised to revive Italy’s economy & military
1925: Mussolini known as “Il Duce”. (eel-DOO-chay)
Censored press, restricts voting, has secret police brings economy under state control.
Children taught to obey strict military discipline.

8. Adolf Hitler - Germany Fascist Totalitarian Dictator
Encouraged territorial expansion of Germany lost in Treaty of Versailles.
Wanted to strengthen industry and military.
Hitler seemed to provide solutions to Germany’s problems.
1933: became Chancellor of Germany & eventually “der Fuhrer”

9. Adolf Hitler - Germany Fascist Totalitarian Dictator
NAZI: National Socialist German Workers’ Party
Suspended civil rights, destroyed communists, ended political & economic freedom.
Created brutal system of terror:
SS troops (secret police)
The Gestapo

10. Joseph Stalin - USSR Fascist Totalitarian Dictator-U.S.S.R
1901: Joined the Social Democratic Labor Party.
Helped to organize industrial resistance to Tsarism.
In 1924: After Lenin’s death, Stalin took over the New Economic Party.
His Goal: Make USSR a world power

11. Joseph Stalin - USSR Fascist Totalitarian Dictator-U.S.S.R
Planned to industrialize the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Secret police “KGB” spied on citizens & executes anyone who might oppose him (genocide).
He makes a deal with Hitler to not attack each other  non- aggression pact

12. General Hideki Tojo - Japan Fascist Totalitarian Dictator-Japan
Japanese Emperor was Taisho (weak).
General Hideki Tojo was the real leader.
Major goal was to rule all of Asia.
Policy: Industrialization & Militarism
Japan is in need of raw materials (oil)

13. General Hideki Tojo - Japan Fascist Totalitarian Dictator-Japan
Invaded Korea (1905), Manchuria & China (1937)
Challenged League of Nations and withdrew.
League of Nations has no power to condemn for invasion
When Japan invades the rest of China, President Roosevelt cuts off oil supply to Japan.

14. Causes of World War II
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15. Major Leaders
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Germany
Benito Mussolini
Italy

16. Major Leaders Hideki Tojo Japanese Prime Minister Winston Churchill
British Prime Minister

17. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Major Leaders
Joseph Stalin
Russian Leader
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
US President