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Chapter 24 Section 1
The Rise of Dictators
Totalitarian
• Has total control over a nation
• Dominates every aspect of life
• Uses terror to suppress individual rights and silent all opposition
How did Stalin change the Soviet economy?
• In an attempt to modernize agriculture and industry, he created a system of collective farming and poured money into basic industries
• Turned the Soviet Union into a modern industrial power
How did Stalin change the lives of the Soviet people?
• Stalin confiscated the land of resisting farmers and sent peasants to distant labor camps
• Caused food shortages and the need for rationing
• Killed millions
Fascism
• Hitler and Mussolini were Fascist leaders
• Emphasizes the importance of the nation, or a particular ethnic group
• A dictator reigns supreme
Purge
• The process of removing enemies and undesirables from positions of power.
• Hitler purged the Nazi party in Germany and Stalin purged the Communists in the Soviet Union
• Millions killed and millions more arrested and sent to labor camps in both nations
Nazism
• A farm of fascism• Created by Adolph
Hitler• Based on nationalism
and racial superiority
Why did many Germans support Hitler and Nazism in the early 1930s?
• Hitler and the Nazis promised to stabilize Germany when the Depression hit
• Promised to restore the economy and the empire that had been lost after WWI
Axis Powers
• Germany, Italy, and Japan
• All believed they had been wronged by the peace process after WWI
• Used the excuse of fighting communism as their reason for joining forces
Examine the map on page 804. What advantage did Germany gain by stationing troops in the Rhineland
• With troops in the Rhineland, Hitler could threaten Belgium and France with invasion more easily
• This means that other nations may give into his demands more easily because they are afraid.
Appeasement
• Giving up what one believes in, or what one holds dear in order to pacify an aggressor
• Hitler was allowed to take re-militarize the Rhineland and take Austria and Czechoslovakia without a shot being fired.
Why did Britain and France pursue a policy of appeasement with Hitler?
• Neither nation was prepared for a war, they desired peace
Why did British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sign the Munich Agreement?
• He believed that giving into Hitler’s demands would prevent a war…he believed wrong
How did the Spanish Civil War highlight divisions in Europe?
• People had to choose between the pro fascist nationalists or the anti-fascist Republicans
• Germany and Mussolini sent in troops to help the Nationalists
• The Soviet Union aided the Republicans
• The U.S., Britain, and France did not intervene
• The Nationalist Fascists win, put Francisco Franco into power
How did leaders of totalitarian states feel about using force against people and nations they considered their enemies?
• Totalitarian leaders felt free to act against other nations, or against domestic opponents
How did democratic nations like Britain and France feel about using force against other nations?
• Democratic nations were reluctant to use force
• Totalitarian nations took advantage of this reluctance
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