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Dictators in a Changing World
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After WW1
• The 1920’s caused much frustration
• They expected the Treaty of Versailles to
undo the chaos caused by WW1
• Instead it caused more trouble:
– Losers: felt unfairly treated
– Winners: believed that they had gained
nothing
– Everyone felt cheated: who was to blame?
A new Map of Europe
• Every national group was to have its own
country
– So part of Germany was given back to Poland
and France.
– They divided Austria and Turkey into a
number of countries
– They could not draw a neat line and put all
Germans and slaves on one side and poles or
Italians on another side.
– Many minorities resented being part of these
countries
– Majority groups feared the smaller
nationalities
Rise of Fascist Dictators
• After WW1, Europeans lost faith in their
old leaders (Princes, Kings, Queens,
emperors and their advisors)
– They had lead Europe into WW1
• At the Treaty of Versailles, democratic
governments for the “new” countries was
instituted. Voters had difficulty judging the
new politicians.
• Then came the 30’s…
The Great Depression and the rise
of fascism
• The Depression caused problems in stable
democracies like Canada, the US and Britain
• In an unsettled Europe, the effects were
disasterous
• Facist leaders, like Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco
promised them better lives and blamed
foreigners, communists, democrats and Jews for
the problems of their countries.
Flip to page 133 - 135
• Outline the following in a PowerPoint for
your fascist country:
– The leader
– How they took power
– How they manifested themselves in the
country
– What was significant that happened (murders,
military control of the country, etc)
Caricature depicting the 1st anniversary
of the Spanish Civil War in 1936
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