Chapter 16 Section 1 Dictators Threaten World Peace

Brainstorms What were the causes of World War I? Nationalism Imperialism Militarism System of Alliances Assassination

Brainstorms What treaty ended WWI? Treaty of Versailles

Brainstorms What is the difference between an idealist and a realist? A realist understands how the world works and deals with it An idealist wants things to be perfect regardless of present world conditions.

Brainstorms What were the 14 Points? Wilson’s idealist solution to end WWI and prevention to prevent WWII No secret treaties Freedom of the seas Free trade ( no tariffs) Disarm Self Determination

Brainstorms What major world event took place between 1929 and 1941 and what effect did it have on Europe unlike the United States? The Great Depression Dictators take control of European Countries during the Depression

Objectives: ID the aggressive leaders and their actions at the beginning of World War I Define fascism Describe how the United States tried to remain neutral.

Joseph Stalin & Soviet Union Political Movements and Beliefs Focused on creating a model communist state after Lenin’s death Agriculture & Industrial growth are the main goal Abolished private property. Farms owned & controlled by the state 5 year plans to direct state run industry

Joseph Stalin & Soviet Union Aggressive Actions Taken in the 1920s & 1930s Government control of everything (Totalitarian government) Killed 8 to 13 million people who opposed him Individuals have no rights

Benito Mussolino ( Il Duce or Leader) & Italy Political Movements and Beliefs Played upon Italian fears of economic collapse & communism Fascism: stresses nationalism and places the interests of the state above those of an individual. Need a single strong leader & devoted party members.

Benito Mussolino ( Il Duce or Leader) & Italy Aggressive Actions Taken in the 1920s & 1930s Black Shirts march on Rome & King gives power to Mussolini Crushed all opposition Made the trains run on time (fix the economy) Invaded Ethiopia

Adolf Hitler (Der Fuhrer or the Leader) & Germany Political Movements and Beliefs Party leader of the Nazis or National Socialist German Worker’s Party Nazism or fascism stressed extreme nationalism and favored uniting all German-speaking people in a great German empire Blamed all problems on the Jews Master Race: blue-eyed blond-hair Aryans Expansionism or space for Germans to live

Adolf Hitler (Der Fuhrer or the Leader) & Germany Aggressive Actions Taken in the 1920s & 1930s Storm troopers or private army (brown shirts) Pursued the Third Reich or 1000 Year Empire (Overthrew Weimar Republic) Military build-up Took back the Rhineland

Japanese Militarists Political Movements and Beliefs Imperialism or expansionism. Space for people to live

Japanese Militarists Aggressive Actions Taken in the 1920s & 1930s Invaded Manchuria ( China)

Francisco Franco & Spain Political Movements and Beliefs Franco installs Totalitarian government

Francisco Franco & Spain Aggressive Actions Taken in the 1920s & 1930s Spanish Army with general Franco rebelled against Spanish republic (Civil War) Franco supported by Germany & Italy (Rome-Berlin Axis) U.S. remained neutral, except for 3000 Abraham Lincoln Battalion Soviets sent equipment & advisors

United States Neutrality 1928 the U.S. 1/62 signed Kellogg-Briand Pact. War will not be used as an instrument of foreign policy The Nye Committee and the “merchants of deaths” 1933 to 1935 FDR was dealing with other countries 1933 recognized the Soviet Union Good Neighbor Policy in LA removed U.S. soldiers Reciprocal Trade Agreement lowered tariffs

United States Neutrality ●Neutrality Acts Outlawed arms sales or loans to nations at war or in civil war U.S. sends arms and supplies to Manchuria (China) because Japan never officially declared war