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Dictatorships After WWI

Dictatorships After WWI. Mr. Stump World Studies. Timeline of the World 1919 to 1939. 1919: The Weimar Republic is established in Germany. 1919-1920: Red Scare sweeps the United States. 1922: Benito Mussolini comes to power after the March on Rome.

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Dictatorships After WWI

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  1. Dictatorships After WWI Mr. Stump World Studies

  2. Timeline of the World1919 to 1939 • 1919: The Weimar Republic is established in Germany. • 1919-1920: Red Scare sweeps the United States. • 1922: Benito Mussolini comes to power after the March on Rome. • 1925: Seven European nations sign the Locarno treaties, raising hopes for world peace.

  3. Timeline of the World1919 to 1939 • 1926: More than 3 million workers in several different industries strike in Britain. • 1928: Joseph Stalin launches the first of his Five-Year Plans in the Soviet Union. • 1929: The Great Depression begins in the United States. • 1930: Construction on the Maginot Line begins on the border of France and Germany.

  4. Timeline of the World1919 to 1939 • 1933: Prohibition is repealed in the United States. • 1933: Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany. • 1935: The Nazi Party in Germany passes the Nuremberg Laws, limiting the rights of Jews.

  5. Causes and Effects of the Worldwide Economic Depression • Immediate Causes • Falling demand • Banks demand repayment of loans • American loans to other countries dry up • Without capital, businesses and factories fail • Financial crisis kicked off by NY stock market crash

  6. Causes and Effects of the Worldwide Economic Depression • Long-Term Causes • Agricultural slump • Overproduction of goods • Uneven distribution of wealth

  7. Causes and Effects of the Worldwide Economic Depression • Immediate Effects • Vast unemployment and misery • Protective tariffs imposed • Loss of faith in capitalism and democracy • AUTHORITARIAN LEADERS EMERGE!!!

  8. Causes and Effects of the Worldwide Economic Depression • Long-Term Effects • Rise of fascism and Nazism • Governments experiment with social programs • People blame scapegoats • World War II begins

  9. Three Totalitarian States: Italy, Soviet Union, Germany • Italy and Benito Mussolini • In power in 1922 • Fascist; fanatic nationalism • Black Shirts suppressed dissent

  10. Three Totalitarian States: Italy, Soviet Union, Germany • Soviet Union and Joseph Stalin • In power in 1924 • Communist • Stalin sent million to Gulag labor camps

  11. Three Totalitarian States: Italy, Soviet Union, Germany • Germany and Adolf Hitler • In power in 1933 • Fascist; Racial policies of hatred, aimed particularly at Jews • Nazis began to restrict and terrorize German Jews

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