Rise of WWII Dictators

Communism was the form of government of this country.

• Italy

• Soviet Union

• Japan

• Germany

All of the following were WWII dictators except for

• Benito Mussolini

• Adolf Hitler

• Joseph Stalin

• Woodrow Wilson

(a)   was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He became the first fascist dictator and called himself "Il Duce?" 

• Illisomo Franco
• Guiseppe Garabaldi
• Benito Mussolini
• Giani Versaci

(a)   was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then assuming the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.

• Adolf Hitler
• Joseph Stalin
• Francisco Franco
• Vladimir Lenin

(a)   was a Japanese military leader who was the prime minister of Japan from 1941-1944. He was an outspoken advocate for a preemptive attack on the United States and its European allies, presiding over numerous war crimes, including the massacre and starvation of civilians and prisoners of war, as part of the wider Asian Holocaust.

• Adolf Hitler
• Joseph Stalin
• Hideki Tojo
• Vladimir Lenin

One of the new political parties to rise during the political and economic chaos in Germany after World War I was the National Socialist German Workers' Party, also known as the (a)   .

• Socialist Party
• Nazi Party
• Fascist Party
• Bolshevik Party

Dictator

• a political philosophy in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied

• a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

• A person who rules with total authority, often in a cruel manner.

• A person who rules with no authority, often in a kind manner.

Facism

• A person who rules with total authority, often in a cruel manner, but gives freedoms to other people.

• Government by the people, especially in the rule of the majority. The people make the decisions.

• a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

• a political philosophy in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied. A type of aggressive nationalism. .

In Italy, Mussolini use enforcers known as ____________ to intimidate and silence opponents, often with violence, as part of his effort to come to power?

• Nazi Stormtroopers

• Black Shirts

• Blue Shirts

• Communists

Propaganda

• information created to show one point of view and influence people

• War information from the battlefield

• information created to show the facts about an issue

• information created to show all points of view and inform people