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World War Looms

Explore the emergence of dictators like Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler, and Tojo, leading to World War II. Learn about their ideologies, reigns, and impact on global politics in the build-up to the war. Understand the totalitarian regimes they established and the United States' responses to growing threats.

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World War Looms

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  1. World War Looms UNIT 4 Sec.1

  2. Dictators Threaten World PeaceStalin in Soviet Union • 1927, Stalin launches plan to create true socialist country. (industrial nation) • Elimination of private enterprise • Everything is state-owned • Established centralized totalitarian government – individuals have no rights

  3. Soviet Union

  4. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at the helm. 1930s Soviet propaganda poster.

  5. Dictators, Cont.Mussolini in Italy • 1919, Benito Mussolini established a totalitarian government in Italy. • Beginning of fascism – strong, centralized government headed by strong dictator. • Many fearing spread of communism became strong supporters of fascism.

  6. Mussolini Hitler and Mussolini Mussolini makes a meal of Africa. After invasion of Ethiopia in 1935

  7. Mussolini – “The Man Who Took the Lid Off”- 1935 British Cartoon

  8. Dictators, cont.Hitler in Germany • Established Nazism – extreme nationalism • Dreamed of “Master Race” – blue-eyed, blond-haired Aryans. • National militaristic expansion • Third Reich

  9. Hitler

  10. Dictators, Cont.Tojo in Japan • National militaristic expansion • Surprise invasions of China and Manchuria

  11. Tojo Hideki Tōjō was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, the 40th Prime Minister of Japan during most of World War II

  12. Francisco Franco Francisco Franco was a Spanish military leader who ruled as the dictator of Spain from 1939-until his death. Almost 40 years.

  13. United States Responds • 1935, Congress passes Neutrality Acts • Outlawed arms sales or loans to nations at war • Banned arms sales and loans to nations involved in civil wars • European nations unable to stop spread of fascism and totalitarianism.

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