1. Rise of Fascism

2. 3 Causes of Fascism Rise of Communism Treaty of Versailles
Great Depression
Fascism is a political system with
A strong dictator
Extreme nationalism
Nation > individual
Racism & no tolerance of opposition
3 Causes of Fascism

3. Bolshevik Revolution spreads idea of communism throughout Europe
A political system with state ownership of the economy & equal distribution of wealth
Joseph Stalin practices totalitarianism in U.S.S.R.
The state holds total authority & controls all aspects of life
Fascism created to counter communism
Rise of Communism

4. Treaty of Versailles Great Depression
Terms of treaty punish losers of WWI
Germany has to pay & reparations & give up land
German people humiliated
GD causes inflation in Europe
November 1923: 4 Billion German Marks = 1 U.S. Dollar
Germany’s middle class lost everything
Great Depression

5. Italy Benito Mussolini (“Il Duce”) seizes power in 1922
First fascist takeover
Italy

6. Japan Hideki Tojo & military have real power, not Emperor Hirohito
Japan needed access to raw materials
Japanese army invaded Manchuria (northern China) in 1931
Violated Open Door Policy
League of Nations did nothing, U.S. refuses to recognize forceful territorial change
Japan
Hirohito

7. Germany Adolf Hitler blamed communists & Jews for Germany’s struggles
Fails to take control of govt. in Beer Hall Putsch (1923)
Writes Mein Kampf (My Struggle) in prison
Saw Germans as the Master Race (Aryan = blonde hair, blue eyes)
Anti-Semitism: hostility or prejudice against Jews
Germany

8. When released, increases popularity & takes control of Nazi Party, which adopts Swastika as symbol (ancient religious emblem)
Creates SS to control & protect the party
In Jan. 1933, Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
First speech as chancellor
Germany