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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.
Leader: __________________________
5 Year Plan:
Goal of Plan=
Benefits of 5 Year Plan:
Political Party: ____________________
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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:
What problems did Germany face after WWI? (2) How did these problems contribute to
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?
2. How did Joseph Stalin rule the Soviet Union?
3. 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 _________________________.
5. What led to the growth of the Nazi Party?
a. the message of restoring German _____________________________.
b. Germans were desperate for a strong __________________________ who would improve their lives.
6. Define Nazi Party: