Name: ______Period: ______

Dictators in Europe:

Content Statement # 15: The consequences of WWI and the worldwide depression set the stage for the Russian Revolution, the rise of totalitarianism, aggressive axis expansion and the policy of appeasement, which in turn led to WWII.

So far in our post WWI studies we have looked at global affairs and realized that there were still several unresolved issues in the world. Those seeking better living conditions did not gain much after the war. In addition to this, global depression hit people hard.

With little money and little achievement, many had lost hope. This is especially true in Europe where prosperity and power have lost its luster. In section 4 of your text you will read about the individuals who rose to power and spark the deadliest war mankind has ever seen.

Read pgs. 425-429 and fill in the information below.

Italy:
Leader: ______Political Party: ______

Nickname: ______

Fascism (definition):

How does this individual rise to power?

Totalitarianism:

How did Mussolini influence people to go along with this type of rule? (2 parts)

What message does the League of Nations send to Italy after they invaded Ethiopia?

U.S.S.R.

U.Leader: ______Political Party: ______

5 Year Plan:

Goal of Plan=

Benefits of 5 Year Plan:

Collectivization (definition):

Gulag:

What was the goal of the Great Purge?

Why do you think Stalin closed the churches in the U.S.S.R.?

Based on what you have read, how did Mussolini and Stalin keep their power?

Germany:

GWhat problems did Germany face after WWI? (2) How did these problems contribute to the rise of Hitler as chancellor?

Identify 4 different ways Hitler was able to gain so much power and influence in his country that he eventually became a dictator.

Vocabulary:

Anti-Semitism:

Nuremburg Laws:

Kristallnacht:

Based on what you have read, why did so many people go along with Hitler’s anti-Semitic plans?

Name: ______

Reading Focus Questions Chapter 13.3

Japanese Imperialism

Pages 420-424

Main Idea: A modernized Japan emerged from World War I as one of the world’s leading powers. Dreams of empire, however, led the country in a dangerous direction.

Fill in the following chart by using the information found on page 421.

EVENTS IN JAPAN, 1929- 1940
1929
1931
1933
1934
1936
1937
1940

1. How did Japan change in the 1920’s?

a. rapid ______

b. ______began to flourish.

c. universal ______and ideas from the ______led to changes in values and politics.

2. What two factors caused a slowdown in Japanese industry?

Lack of ______

Reduction in ______

3. Why did the Japanese military’s influence grow?

Economic ______

Japanese lost confidence in ______

Japanese put faith in the ______whose leaders opposed the government’s foreign policy

Name: ______

Japanese RFQ’s continued…

4. How would Japanese military officers describe a united Japan?

Military officers envisioned a united Japan – a society devoted to the ______and to the

glory of the nation ruled by the ______.

5. What were the reasons for Japanese aggression in the 1930’s?

Japan’s military leaders realized that Japan would have ______contending directly

with the large ______of the world.

6. Japan’s military leaders focused on this weapon:

7. What words were removed from the Japanese military handbook? Why?

8. List two ways Japan isolated itself from the western powers:

a. Withdrew from ______

b. No longer agree to limits on its ______.

9. In the space provided below, write a paragraph (complete sentences) describing the Manchurian Incident of 1931.

Name: ______

Dictators in Europe

Chapter 13.4

RFQ’s

Main idea: The political and social unrest that followed World War I helped totalitarian dictators rise to power in

Europe.

  1. How did Benito Mussolini rule Italy?
  1. How did Joseph Stalin rule the Soviet Union?
  1. How did Adolf Hitler rule Germany?

4. Who wrote Mein Kampf? What did the book describe?

______wrote Mein Kampf. The book described ______major ______ideas, including ______and the racial ______of the German people, whom he called ______.

  1. What led to the growth of the Nazi Party?
  1. the message of restoring German ______.
  1. Germans were desperate for a strong ______who would improve their lives.

6. Define Nazi Party: