Lesson 34.2-34.3 Review

Ch. 34.2-34.3 Lesson Review

European Dictators and Militarists

​Observe the similarities between the leaders of Japan, Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union? What do they have in common?

How did they all get in power?

--> Began a totalitarian dictatorship...controlled ALL aspects of life

--> 5-Year plan meant to take private farmland and create cooperative state run farms

--> Used fear of violence and imprisonment to silence critics

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Stalin and Soviet Union

Multiple Choice

Stalin took ______ from private citizens and gave them to state-owned cooperatives.

• airplane factories

• farms

• paper routes

• Started the first fascist movement..sought glory through conquest

  • extreme nationalism w/ personal liberty second

• Used fear to control the country (i.e. censored the press)

• Built the economy through industrial development and public works programs

Mussolini and Fascism in Italy

Multiple Choice

Because of Mussolini's fascist movement ___________ was not important.

• nationalism

• personal liberty

• public worksprograms

- Believed Aryans were superior to all other races..wanted to purify Germany

- Hitler blames other groups/Jews for Germany's economy problems

- Used extreme nationalism to get elected and then dissolved the republic with a totalitarian government

- Turned Germany into a war machine

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​Hitler and Nazis Germany

Multiple Choice

Hitler created a _____________ government by using extreme nationalism in his favor.

• totalitarian

• republic

• democratic

- The 1930 depression allowed the military to gain power in Japan (had a history military and democratic rule)

- Military used extreme nationalistic feelings to gain more power...pushed to gain resources from other territories

​- After a number of attempted rebellions General Tojo became Prime Minister and prepared the nation for war

Military Take

Control of Japan

Multiple Choice

After the attempted rebellions Japan had a _____________ as Prime Minister.

• civilian

• General

• pacifist

​What did the leaders of Japan, Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union have in common? How did they all get in power?

Dictators Expand Borders

-Invaded Ethiopia

- Joined an alliance called 'Rome-Berlin Axis'

​Mussolini's Italy

-Left League of Nations

- Invaded part of France

- Took over Austria and Czechoslovakia

​Hitler's Germany

• Took over large parts of China

• Conquered Korea, and several small Pacific Islands

​Tojo's Japan

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes what the Dictators of Japan, Italy and Germany did after they gained full power at home?

• They joined the League of Nations

• They became allies with America

• They attacked nations around them

• Told Japan to leave area...they didn't

• Protested Germany's invasions

• Took a stance of appeasement

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League of Nations Response

• Neutrality Acts -- do not get involved in European wars by "supplying 'arms, ammunition, or implements of war'"

• Wrote letters urging negotiation

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America's Response