A Timeline of Events

11/11/1918 – WWI ENDS – Lenin Rules over Communist USSR 1924 – Lenin Dies…Stalin in Control

(WWI winners are USA France England) Germany has to pay $ and land(reparations), NO military Germany accepts blame for WWI A total disgrace for the Germans

In 1929 the Stock Market Crashes….causing… …THE GREAT DEPRESSION What is the stock market? How did the US economy crash? Why was the world dependent on the US economy?

Because of the depression, people turned to a new way of thinking. The government and way of rule is TOTALITARIAN and the government is called FASCISM

Strong Military Censorship Extreme Nationalism Gov’t controlled economy Strict Discipline Rule by dictator Blind Loyalty to a leader Use of Violence Mussolini – Italy Hitler - Germany

Strong Military Censorship Extreme Nationalism Gov’t controlled economy Strict Discipline Rule by dictator Blind Loyalty to a leader Use of Violence