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Stalin’s Totalitarian State - Lenin had set up a communist gov’t in the _____________________ - He dies in 1924 & Joseph Stalin gains power & ruled as a totalitarian dictator - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Intro to WW2Stalin’s Totalitarian State- Lenin had set up a communist gov’t in the _____________________- He dies in 1924 & Joseph Stalin gains power & ruled as a totalitarian dictator- ____________________________________: a single party controls the gov’t and every aspect of people’s lives. Citizens must obey the gov’t without ____________. ____________________________of the gov’t is severely punished- Examples: Stalin ordered peasants to hand over land to gov’t-run farms. He __________________ political enemies.
Fascist Italy- Totalitarian leaders also came to power in ____________& ________________- These dictators were Fascists- _______________________: political system that is rooted in militarism, extreme nationalism & blind loyalty to the state- Communists support = _________________- Fascists support = ________________________
Mussolini- In 1922 Benito Mussolini & his Fascist party seized power in _________________
- Many Italians were annoyed that the Versailles Treaty (ending _______) did NOT grant Italy territories it wanted- Italy’s economy was unstable & there was fear growing of a ___________________________________
- Mussolini outlawed all political parties except his own once he was in power- Controlled the press & banned criticism of the gov’t
- Critics were _________________________________- School children recited, “____________________________________!”
Conquering Ethiopia- 1930s Mussolini used foreign conquest to distract Italians from economic problems- He promised Italians he would restore the “greatness of Rome” & embarked on a program of military aggression- __________________________: warlike act by one country against another without just cause- Mussolini invaded Ethiopia in 1935 & conquered them (_________________________________________)
Nazi Germany- Adolf Hitler brought the National Socialist German Workers’ Party to power
- Nazis: ____________________________________________________________________- Germans resented the treaty of Versailles as it blamed ____________________for WW1 & left them with heavy costs
Good Ol’ Euro Map 1919-1929 to Keep Handy!