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Think, pair, share

Think, pair, share. Looking at the images, describe what the item is and what you think it represents. Rise of Dictators. “Il Duce”. Benito Mussolini Fascism-nation more important than individual Nationalism Violence Fear of communism. The March on Rome.

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Think, pair, share

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  1. Think, pair, share • Looking at the images, describe what the item is and what you think it represents

  2. Rise of Dictators

  3. “Il Duce” Benito Mussolini Fascism-nation more important than individual Nationalism Violence Fear of communism

  4. The March on Rome 1921- Elected to Chamber of Deputies October 1922 30,000 blackshirts surround capital Victor Emannuel III gives up power Fascists take over

  5. Joseph Stalin • Comes to power after the death of Vladimir Lenin • General secretary of the party-appoints all positions • Expels all enemies from the country • Goal: Industrialize nation at any cost

  6. 5 year plans • First 5 years • Maximum production of capital goods (Goods that make other goods; heavy machinery) • Result: • Heavy machinery production up 400% • Oil production up 200% • Steel production grows from 4 million tons to 18 million tons per year

  7. Impact on Russian Workers • Workers flood cities but housing does not increase • Wages decline by 43% • Laws prevent workers from moving • Propaganda stresses importance of sacrifice for country

  8. Russian Peasants • Society is moving away from agriculture • Collectivization-private farms are eliminated; government owns all land • Peasants resist by hoarding crops and killing livestock • 1930: 10 million peasant farms collectivized • 1934: 26 million farms collectivized in 250,00 units

  9. Elimination of Enemies • To maintain strength over the party, anyone who resists sent to Siberian work camps • “Old Bolsheviks” put on trial and sentenced to death • Army officials, diplomats, union leaders, intellectuals all purged • Arrested, sent to work camps, or Executed

  10. Adolf Hitler Veteran of WWI Unhappy with allies following WWI and also German govt. for treaty National Socialist German Workers’ Party Anticommunist

  11. Beer Hall Putsch November 8, 1923 3,000 govt. officials in attendance Takes over meeting with own army Forces 3 leading officials to join him They denounce association as soon as he leaves

  12. Beer Hall Putsch Hitler plans a march on Berlin the next day Conflict between police and Nazi forces Nazis are put down and Hitler flees Arrested 2 days later Sentenced to 5 years prison Becomes national icon

  13. Mein Kampf • Unify all Aryans • Germans needed “Lebensraum” • Living space • Expand into Poland and Russia • Enslave Slavs of Eastern Europe • Blames Jews for Germany’s defeat in WWI

  14. Gaining Control In jail less than 1 year Turns to politics after prison Appointed Chancellor in 1933 Cracks down on socialists & communists Uses “Storm Troopers” to intimidate voters

  15. The Fuhrer 1934- Becomes president Given dictatorial power by government 1935- Begins rebuilding German military

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