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Rise of Dictators in Europe
Directions: Using chapter 13 Section1 and the provided books from the library, you are to
create a character chart for each major political figure involved in WWII. Next to each person
you are to note important information about them (around 10 pieces of information). You should
include their values, beliefs and opinions as well as their personality characteristics. You should
also note significant decisions they made and events they were involved in. Answer the questions
on the back using Ch. 13 Sec. 1 and 2.
What is fascism?
What was the Russian Empire renamed in 1922?
Why was the Nazi Party banned and Hitler arrested in 1923?
Explain what Hitler wrote in Mein Kampf.
Why did Japanese military leaders and civilians want to seize territory including Manchuria?
What was America’s response to the rise of dictators and militarism in the world? (foreign policy)
What did the Nye Committee investigate? What were their findings?
What were the Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937?
What countries made up the Axis Powers?
Explain Cash and Carry?
How did Roosevelt respond to Japan’s attack on China?
Chapter 13 Section 2
What was the French plan in the beginning of the war? Why was this a disastrous plan?
How were German forces able to trap the French and the British troops in Belgium?
How and where were these trapped soldiers rescued?
What was Vichey France? Why did DeGaulle call them traitors?
How did the aftermath of World War I contribute to political problems in Europe?
How does inflation create economic problems?
How did the problems facing Europe in the postwar years lead to the rise of totalitarian
leaders?
Name three things that Mussolini and Hitler had in common.
Why do you think there was not more support for democratic governments in Italy and
Germany?
What other countries had powerful and nationalistic regimes prior to World War II?
What was the major difference between the totalitarian regimes in the Soviet Union and
those in Italy and Germany?
What events exemplify the growing use of military force by totalitarian regimes in the
1930s?
Why didn’t the League of Nations take action when Japan took control of Manchuria and
Italy invaded Ethiopia?