Download Totalitarianism and the Outbreak of World War II

NAME: _______________________________
DATE: _____________________
Totalitarianism and the Outbreak of World War II
I. The Rise of Totalitarianism, 1919-1939
A. WWI was not the “__________________________________________” because events
from 1919 to 1939 led to another world war
1. The ______________________________ terms of the Treaty of Versailles led to
______________________________ in Germany
2. Huge ______________________________ slowed Germany’s ability to
_____________________ after the war
3. Britain, France, and other members of the League of Nations wanted to
_______________________________________________
4. The ___________________________________ meant no American money for rebuilding
and a world-wide depression in Europe
B. In the 1920s and 1930s, __________________________ increased and totalitarian
____________________________ came to power
1. Totalitarianism
a. Totalitarian leaders came to power by promising _________________ and promoting
______________________________
b. Dictators controlled all aspects of the nation by eliminating __________________,
denying ____________________________, using censorship, secret
______________________
2. Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union
a. After _________________________________ death in 1924…Joseph Stalin gained
control of the Soviet Union
b. Stalin was _________________________________ and seized all property, farms,
_____________________________ in order to control the economy and create
________________________
c. He used a secret police and the ______________________________ to eliminate rivals
NAME: _______________________________
DATE: _____________________
d. Stalin’s ___________________________________ transformed the Soviet Union into
an industrial and military power by 1939
3. Fascism
a. Not all totalitarian dictators were Communists…In _________________,
____________________, and Spain, people turned to an extremely nationalist gov’t
called ________________________
b. Fascist governments were controlled by ________________________ who demanded
_____________________ from citizens
c. Fascists did not offer ______________________________ and used one party to rule
the nation
d. Unlike Communists, fascists believed people could keep their
_______________________________
4. Benito Mussolini in Italy
a. In Italy, Benito Mussolini’s _______________________________________ seized
power by promising to revive the economy, rebuild the military, and create a new
______________________________________________
5. Adolf Hitler in Germany
a. The Nazis were a fascist group in Germany that wanted to overthrow the disloyal
_____________________________ Republic
b. ______________________________________ was an early Nazi recruit and quickly
rose to power in the party
c. Hitler was impressed by __________________________ and used many of his ideas to
make the Nazi Party strong in Germany
d. Hitler’s ___________________________________ outlined his plans for Germany
i. He wrote that Germans were members of a __________________________ called
Aryans and all non-Aryans were inferior
ii. He declared that Germans needed ______________________ (living space) and
should conquer Eastern Europe and Russia
NAME: _______________________________
DATE: _____________________
iii. He called the Treaty of Versailles an outrage and vowed to
________________________ taken from Germany after the war
e. In 1933, Hitler was named _________________________ (prime minister) of Germany
and used his power to become dictator
f. Hitler put Germans to _____________ by building factories, highways, weapons, and
increasing the ______________________
g. He created the gov’t protection squad called the _________ and a secret police called
the ___________________________ to eliminate rivals and control all aspects of
Germany
h. Anti-Semitism and violence towards Jews
i. In 1935, Hitler began a series of anti-Semitic laws called the
_______________________ that deprived German _________ of the rights of
citizens, forbade mixed Jewish marriages, and required Jews to wear a
_____________________________
ii. In 1938, Hitler ordered ______________________________________ (Night of
Broken Glass) a series of attacks on Jewish ___________________________ and
businesses
6. Hideki Tojo in Japan
a. After WWI, Japan was the _______________________________ nation in Asia and
was ready to ________________________ new lands to provide resources for Japanese
industry
b. Emperor Hirohito, gave full control of the Japanese military to
_________________________ who served as a military dictator
II. The Outbreak of World War II
A. In the 1930s, Japan, Italy, and Germany began aggressively expanding in Africa, Asia, and
Europe
1. Japan invaded ___________________________ in 1931 and mainland
____________________ in 1937
NAME: _______________________________
DATE: _____________________
2. In 1935, Mussolini began his campaign to create an Italian Empire by invading
________________________
3. The ____________________________________________ condemned Japan and Italy but
did nothing to stop the attacks in order to maintain
___________________________________
4. The failure of the League of Nations to stop Italy or Japan, encouraged
_________________________ to expand Germany too
a. By 1936, Hitler had expanded the German _____________________ and moved troops
into the Rhineland
b. In 1938, Germany annexed ______________________ and the
_____________________________________
c. In 1939, Hitler invaded _____________________________________
5. The League of Nations used _____________________________________ to avoid
____________ with Germany, Italy, and Japan
a. In 1939, Hitler demanded the return on __________________________ to Germany but
wanted to avoid a war with the USSR
b. Stalin and Hitler agreed to the
___________________________________________________ Pact, promising to
divide Poland and to never to __________________ each other
c. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded _____________________
d. On September 3, 1939, Britain and France _________________________________ on
the _____________________________ (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and World War II
began
B. World War II
1. When World War II began, German ______________________________ tactics led to the
conquest of Poland, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, ____________________,
the Balkans…the Axis Powers seized ____________________________________
2. In 1941, Hitler broke the Nazi-Soviet Pact and invaded the
____________________________________
NAME: _______________________________
DATE: _____________________
3. By 1941, Germany and Italy controlled most of __________________________ and North
Africa
4. Meanwhile, ________________ conquered new territories in Asia and threatened Guam
and the __________________________
5. From 1939 to 1941, the ___________________________ remained ________________,
but not isolated, from the global conflict