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27-1: The Gathering Storm

27-1: The Gathering Storm. Meet the Leaders. Soviet Union- Joseph Stalin. Took control after that and ruled Russia as a Totalitarian State - A single party controls the government and every aspect of people’s lives . Used brutal methods to modernize Soviet industry and agriculture.

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27-1: The Gathering Storm

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  1. 27-1: The Gathering Storm

  2. Meet the Leaders

  3. Soviet Union- Joseph Stalin • Took control after that and ruled Russia as a Totalitarian State - A single party controls the government and every aspect of people’s lives. • Used brutal methods to modernize Soviet industry and agriculture. • - government run farms • - labor camps • - trials / execution / torture

  4. Italy- Benito Mussolini • fascism- government rooted in militarism, extreme nationalism, and blind loyalty to the state • outlawed all political parties but his own • outlawed criticism of the government • If you were caught you were put in jail or killed • Conquered Ethiopia by the use of aggression (warlike act without cause)

  5. Germany- Adolf Hitler • Turned the National Socialist German Worker’s Party into the Nazi party. • Used anger from the Treaty of Versailles to gain support. • Becomes dictator of Germany, turns them into a fascists state. • - Militaristic totalitarian state • - government controlled press, schools, religion • Scapegoats = Jews blamed for all of Germany’s misfortune - rounded up and put into concentration camps. • Used propaganda to “brainwash” the people • Defies Treaty of Versailles – builds up arm forces and expands east - Rhineland • - League of Nations protests but takes no action • “Europe will never act, They’ll just protest. And they will always be too late.” - Hitler

  6. JapanEmerorhirohito & General Hideki Tojo • Japan was ruled by a figurehead Emperor Hirohito. • They were taken over by General Hideki Tojo • Racial Superiority • Started a war with China - Took over Manchuria and called it Manchukuo. The U.S. refused to recognize this.

  7. America Stays IsolationistFranklin DelAno Roosevelt • Neutrality Act - banned arms sales or loans to countries at war. • Good Neighbor Policy • - He got rid of the Roosevelt Corollary (Teddy) • - Got rid of the Platt Amendment which limited Cuban independence • - Removed troops from Nicaragua and Haiti – FDR tried to repair relationships with Latin America.

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