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Dictatorships in Europe
What is a dictator?
• A ruler with total power over a
country
What is fascism?
• A system in which a
dictator controls
everything and people
have no individual
rights.
Fasces
Why do dictators come to power?
Dictators in Europe
• People were upset
and afraid
– World War I
– Great Depression
• Wanted someone to
improve their lives
Examples or Non-Examples?
Majority rule
Democracy
Violent control
Military rule
Take advantage of people’s fears
Free press
Only 1 party is legal
Racist policies
Elections
Freedom of speech
United States
Democracy is illegal
Nazi Germany
Dictatorship
Government controls everything
Multiple political parties
Due process of the law
Control all aspects of people’s lives
Use of force
Protects the rights of all people
Benito Mussolini
• Ruled Italy; “Il Duce”
• Fascist Party
• Got rid of free press and
free speech
• Wanted to restore the glory
of the Roman Empire
• Took over Ethiopia
Adolf Hitler
• Ruled Germany; “Fuhrer”
– Nazi Party
• Ended all democracy and
established totalitarian rule
• Rebuilt Germany’s army after
WWI
• Claimed Germany had a right
to expand its territory
• Hated Jews and wanted to
get rid of them
Hideki Tojo
• Prime Minister of Japan
• Part of military dictatorship
that came to power when
the government couldn’t fix
economic issues
• Thought Japan’s problems
could be solved by
expanding Japanese power
in Asia
The Axis Powers
• Germany, Italy and Japan
But there is one more dictator…..
Joseph Stalin
• Ruled Russia
• Communist Party
• Imprisoned and killed those
who disagreed with him
• Wanted to make Russia
more modern and best
country in the world
• “Bad guy but a good guy”