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THE RISE OF DICTATORS

Explore the reign of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Hideki Tojo, the rise of fascism, Nazi Party, the Holocaust, European responses, the Manhattan Project, US entry into WWII, and the end of the war.

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THE RISE OF DICTATORS

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  1. THE RISE OF DICTATORS

  2. Germany • Adolf Hitler

  3. Italy • Benito Mussolini

  4. Japan • Hideki Tojo

  5. Fascism • Government system led by a dictator with complete power, suppressing criticism, regulating industry, and emphasizing aggressive nationalism and often racism • Nazi Party • Hitler becomes Chancellor in 1938

  6. EUROPE European Response to Aggression

  7. Appeasement • Rhineland = West France, Belgium, Luxembourg

  8. Appeasement • Munich Pact = Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia

  9. Appeasement • Nazi/Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

  10. Maginot Line • Line of soldiers & fortifications on French border

  11. Germany’s Response • Blitzkrieg = lightning war

  12. The Holocaust • Anti-Semitism • Massive genocide of Jewish citizens • “The Final Solution” • Over 6 million killed in concentration (death) camps

  13. Auschwitz

  14. Dachau

  15. FADS & TRENDS AT HOME

  16. Swing Dancing

  17. Big Bands

  18. The Zoot Suit

  19. US ENTERS THE WAR

  20. December 7, 1941

  21. A day that will live in infamy

  22. Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

  23. ON THE HOMEFRONT

  24. African Americans • Segregated in the workplace and military

  25. Women • Go to work like never before • “Rosie the Riveter”

  26. Government • Rations goods

  27. Japanese • Internment camps • Due to fear, racism

  28. The Economy • Fewer workers • Plenty of overtime • Meant more spending money • Which helped the economy • Getting the US out of the Great Depression

  29. THE MANHATTAN PROJECT

  30. Hiroshima (August 6)

  31. Nagasaki (August 9)

  32. FINALLY, IT ALL ENDS

  33. Germany Surrenders • May 8, 1945 • V-E Day

  34. Japan Surrenders • August 14, 1945 • V-J Day • Signs MacArthur’s papers September 2nd

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