Download The Spread of Extremism

IF WWI was the “war to end all wars,” what was
WWII?
~60 million people were killed in WWII
What caused WWI?
What caused WWII?
Who are these men? How do they relate
to WWII?
Joseph Stalin
Hideki Tojo
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Francisco Franco
Totalitarian Regimes Come to Power
The government has control over
everything. No differing/outside
opinions are permitted.
 Dictator
 One party
 Strict gov’t control
 Few freedoms
What are different types of
totalitarian regimes?

Communism, Fascism,
Militarism, Nazism
Two Main Types:
Communism
Fascism:


Nazism
Militarism
Communism
The United Soviet Socialist Republic
(USSR)
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Joseph Stalin
Characteristics
All industries state/government owned

Hatred for industrialists and former business leaders
Ideology about CLASS CONFLICT
No dissenting thought allowed

Great Purge, 1930s
Expand - goal to spread communist revolution
Anti-religion
Fascism
Benito Mussolini (Italy) Fascism
Francisco Franco (Spain) Militarism
Hideki Tojo (Japan) Militarism
Adolf Hitler (Germany) Nazism
Characteristics
Government has social control over the people

State above the individual
Economy is privately run, industrialists are powerful
people
Intense nationalism (racial supremacy)
Expand their nation/race (bc feel superior)

Militarism
Anti-communist (support religion)
How do Communists and Fascists
Compare?
What separates them:
Economics (gov’t controlled versus private)
Ideology (class versus nation/race)
They hate each other!
Why do Totalitarian Governments Rise
in the 20s and 30s?
Not much of a history of self-government
in Europe
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authoritarian regimes common throughout
European history; militarism common Japan
In times of anger, fear & crisis people look
to strong leadership for protection
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Europe and Asia are definitely in crisis during
the 1920s & 1930s!
WHY?
Anger
Treaty of Versailles
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Unites the people
Crisis
Great Depression
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Fix the problems
Fear
Opposing parties, people, ideas

Protect the people
Hitler’s Ideas
Fix unemployment
Aryan’s Herrenvolk
German’s needed space to expand
German’s needed increase
population