US CH 24 Word War II (Dictators)
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Quiz Ch 231. Policy that regulate stock market2. Informal talk to the public explaining the programs3. Policy that gave retirement funds to the elders4. 32nd President5. Name the three goal of the New Deal6. Gave 18-25 young men jobs to eliminate Dust Bowl7. Experts cabinets known as8. Gave farmers money to underplant and slaughter
animals to increase prices of production9. Policy that created cheap electricity to the 7 states10. Policy that insured savings of the people
Rise of Dictators
Chapter 24
Totalitarian Government Government maintains
complete control over its citizens.
Soviet Union (USSR/Russia)• Assassinated Monarchy (Romanovs) – Assassinated Monarchy (Romanovs) –
led to revolutionled to revolution• 1924, V.I. Lenin dies1924, V.I. Lenin dies
• Joseph Stalin Communist party.
• Five Year plan– All economic activity
under state– Abolished private
ownership and made collectives farms
– Individuals have no rights
• By 1937, Worlds 2nd largest industrial power, to the U.S.
– But at the cost of enormous human life.But at the cost of enormous human life.
– The Purge = “or eliminated anyone who threatened his power” Historians estimate that Stalin Historians estimate that Stalin was responsible for the deaths of 8-13 was responsible for the deaths of 8-13 million people, millions more by famine.million people, millions more by famine.
– Individuals have no rights, and government suppresses all opposition.
Italy • Benito
Mussolini– Fascist State– Power must rest
with a single strong leader and small group of devoted party members.
– Absolute obedience to the state
Italy wants peace, work, and calm. I will give these things with love if possible, with force if necessary.
• Italy Wants to build empire in Africa– Mussolini ordered
massive invasion in Ethiopia
– No match for Italy’s planes and tanks
– League condemn attack BUT did NOTHINGHaile Selassie (African leader)
“It is us today. It will be you tomorrow.”
Japan• Emperor
Hirohito– Figure head
• General Hideki Tojo– Prime Minister– Military Leader– Establish
Militarism
• Wanted Pacific Empire– Want more
space– Want more raw
materials– Want more
market
• To ease tension in Pacific– US called meeting
and passed• Five Power Treaty
– Banned construction of large warships
» Japan build smaller warships
• Four Power Treaty– Respect territorial
rights• Nine Power Treaty
– Accept Open Door Policy
• Kellogg-Briand Pact
– Outlaw war EXCEPT self-defense
The Manchurian Incident 1931
• The Japanese blew up the train that carried Japanese ambassadors
• Claiming Chinese sabotage of a railway, the Japanese army occupied Manchuria.
• League ask US for help- US refused– League did nothing
• They renamed it Manchukuo and put the deposed Chinese Emperor Pu Yi up as a figure head.
Gradual Japanese advances.• The Japanese army gradually crept
Southward, through China, fighting all the way.
Japanese soldiers ‘conquer’ the Great Wall 1933
Marco Polo Bridge (July 1937)• Japanese army clashed with the Chinese at the
gates of Beijing • Led to full-scale warfare• League did nothing
Rape of Nanking (Dec 1937)• Six weeks campaign
of terror• Known as “Forgotten
Holocaust”
• 80,000 women and girls were raped, mutilated or murdered
• Used for bayonet practice,• Decapitated in beheading
contests• Burned to death• Machine gun in thousand• Tortured, buried alive• Medical experiments• Unborn babies hacked out
of womb or bayonet for sport
• League did nothing
United States in Depression• Dawes Plan
– Giving economic aid to Germany
– Halted when Depression hit
Depression hit the world
GermanyGermany• Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler
• Has talent as an orator
• Became their leader• Created the symbol
Swastika
Nazi Party
Munich Beer Hall• October 30, 1923• Hitler held a rally
and declared revolution
• Led 2000 men in take over of Bavarian Government
Mein Kampf• My Struggle”
– German’s as master race
– Other race inferior – need to destroy (Jews, Slavs, gypsies, homos)
– Need dictatorship to rule
– Germany need Lebernsraum (living space)
– Treaty of Versailles was unfair
–Sold 5 million copies and became rich
Germany in Depression• Hitler talked about
bringing glory back to the “Fatherland”
• Constantly blamed Jews for Germany’s problems,
• Used popularity to seize power legally
• Nazi Party:– 1930 = 18% of vote– 1932 = 30% of vote– Hitler becomes
Chancellor in 1933
Dictator (Fuhrer)• “Reichstag fire”
(parliament building) gives Hitler total power
• People’s civil rights were suspended
• Created secret police – Gestapo
• Numbered almost 400,000 by 1932
Absolute Power• German
economy was improving, people were happy
• Began rearming German Army
• Finish Web (Great Depression)
• Finish CH 23 Sec 1• Start CH 24 Sec 1