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FASCISM RISES IN EUROPE
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Objectives
• How did Benito Mussolini transform Italy
into a Fascist State?
• Why did the Weimar Republic fail?
• How did Adolf Hitler become an important
figure in Germany?
• How did the Nazis use power in Germany?
Create this chart on your paper and fill it
in as you go through this lesson
Hitler
Method of
taking power
Style of
Leadership
Handling of
economic crisis
Goals
Mussolini
Imagine
• Imagine how you would feel if your
government told you what music you could
and could not listen to. Imagine if they told
you that you were not allowed to go to
college or that you had to join certain
groups, or have a certain job.
• Welcome to Totalitarian Governments
SO JUST WHAT IS FASCISM?
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ABSOLUTE LOYALTY TO THE STATE
ABSOLUTE LOYALTY TO THE LEADER
EACH CLASS HAS ITS OWN PLACE
OUR LEADER GUIDES OUR STATE
FASCISTS WORE UNIFORMS TO SHOW
THEIR UNITY AND STREGNTH
• MANY USED BRUTAL METHODS TO
STOP THE OPPOSITION
WHY DID FASCISM RISE?
• Millions lose faith in democracy “Mob Rule
is criticized.”
• Germany and Italy are upset with the
Treaty of Versailles
• Economic Depression throughout Europe
frustrate and impoverish millions.
• All we need is a “strong leader”
• The Myth of the Past versus the Present
The Trouble with Treaties
The Treaty and Germany
Mussolini comes to power
• Rising inflation, unemployment, and lack
of territorial gains in 1919 lead Italy to
Mussolini
• He was a newspaper editor and politician
who promised to rescue Italy
• As he gained power, he became known as
Il Duce meaning, The leader.
• He abolished democracy and outlawed all
political parties but Fascists.
MUSSOLINI COMES TO POWER
The Fuhrer is Supreme
• Hitler wants control over every aspect of
German Life
• He turned to press, radio, literature,
painting and film as propaganda tools.
• Books that did not conform to Nazi beliefs
were burned in large bonfires
• Schoolchildren had to join the Hitler Youth
and the League of German Girls
• He believed in Social Darwinism
HITLER TAKES OVER
THIS SOUNDS STUPID!: HOW
DID THE PEOPLE FALL FOR IT?
• HYPNOTIC SPEAKERS CLOUDED THE
ISSUES AND MESMORIZED MILLIONS
• PEOPLE FELL FOR SIMPLE
SOLUTIONS TO DIFFICULT PROBLEMS
• THE “SHEEP” FACTOR
• IN LOVE WITH THE PAST
• ANTI-SEMITISM AND RACISM
ALLOWED TO FLOURISH
AND WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER…
MILLIONS MORE WOULD DIE…..AGAIN
Answers to the chart
Method of
taking power
Style of
Leadership
Handling of
economic crisis
Goals
Hitler
Mussolini
Appointed chancellor
Appointed by king
Became dictator
Became dictator
Revived economy
Took control of economy
Sought to regain lost
lands and take more
over
Wanted Italy to return to
its ancient greatness