BEGINNING OF WWII

WWI end to WWII beginning  Germany felt that the war guilt clause was unfair  Lost overseas colonies which meant no raw goods to fuel local economy  Reparations were impossible to pay  League of Nations was weak  Weak govt. (Weimar Republic)  The German people were not accustomed to democracy

Help comes slowly  Treaty of Locarno  France and Germany define their borders  Dawes Plan  The US in 1924 offer a 200 million dollar loan to Germany and ease the burden of Reparations  Rentenmark replaces Mark

Soviet Union  Who led?  Stalin  What changes were made?  Takes away private property (collectivization)  Communist (form of socialism) Marxist –sudden violent overthrow of the government by the proletariat  5 year plan: take over of farms and factories but millions of people starve to death as a result

Germany  Who led?  Adolf Hitler  What changes were made?  Builds an army of Nazi’s (political party) SS (military elite)  A lot of public works projects to help out and give people jobs  Supports Aryans (People of European decent)  Anti Semitic Holocaust (killed 6 million Jews and other non Aryans)  Fuherer establish the Third Reich  Lebensraum: Living Space  Book of main ideas= Mein Kampf

Italy  Who led?  Benito Mussolini  What changes were made?  Fascist Charismatic militant leader Movement of middle class to prevent Socialism Totalitarian with support of nationalism  After WWI they received nothing  Uses his army and establishes the Black Shirts who march on Rome and take the government by force

Spain  Who led?  Francisco Franco  What changes were made?  Fascist conservative upset with democracy  Killed around 400,000 in death camps  In charge from !  Gains help from Hitler and Mussolini This is the first time they become friends

America  What changes were made?  FDR started the New Deal to assist with the Great Depression  2 nd New Deal intensified govt. spending and offered millions of jobs to Americans  Govt. involvement increases

Democracy Down  Plato claimed that democracy would eventually turn to a strong federal government to control the people. Do you feel that this is the case? If democracy had been working would any of these leaders come to power? Whose fault is it? Explain

Quiz  1. Who created the black shirts?  2. Who became the fascist dictator of Spain?  3. Who was known as the man of steel and used his 5 year plans to take over industrialization?  4. Who became Fuhrer and established the Third Reich?  5. Which US president led the country with greater executive power during WWII?  6. What is the difference between fascism and communism