1. Rise of Totalitarianism
Unit 9: WWI and Interwar

2. Totalitarianism:
controlling the people of a country in a very strict way with complete power that cannot be opposed

3. Discussion: How does one person get all the power?
How does one person keep all the power?
What makes dictatorships go badly?
How do we prevent dictatorships in the U.S.?
What about abroad? Do we even have the right to do so? Why/why not?

4. Discussion:
What factors lead to the rise of totalitarianism after WWI?
Economic disruptions -> unstable political conditions

5. Joseph Stalin - USSR Entrenchment of communism Policies
Five-Year Plans (economics)
Collectivization of farms
State run/controlled industrialization
Secret police
Great Purge

6. Adolf Hitler - Germany Factors leading to Hitler’s rise to power:
Economic issues (inflation, depression, Reparations for WWI)
Democratic government (Weimar Republic) weakened/destroyed
Anti-Semitism (Jews blamed for economic situation)
Extreme nationalism
Germany under Hitler:
National Socialism (Nazism)
German occupation of nearby territories

7. Benito Mussolini - Italy
Rise of fascism
Ambition to restore the glory of Rome
Invasion of Ethiopia

10. Hirohito & Hideki Tojo - Japan
Hirohito = Emperor
Hideki Tojo = Prime Minister
Militarism
Industrialization, leads to drive for raw materials
Invasion of Korea, Manchuria, China