1. The Rise of Dictators Minority Perspectives in U.S. History

2. Who were these dictators?

3. -Adolf Hitler, Germany -Josef Stalin, U.S.S.R. -Benito Mussolini, Italy -Francisco Franco, Spain -Tojo and Other Militarists, Japan

4. What made them dictators?

5. -Authoritarian Rule -Nationalism-Expansion -Totalitarian Government

6. What made them different? -Communism-Fascism-Nazism -Japanese Militarists

7. Why did people support dictators? VS.

8. Why did people support dictators? - Success of authoritarians - Weakness of democracies - Pride of nationalism - Promise of growth - Rise in power during a time of decline -For some fascism was a defense against Communism

9. What’s the harm? - The trains ran on time - They beat the Depression - The Five Year Plans succeeded - These nations had real needs to fill - They inspired their people

10. What’s the harm? - Jewish persecution - Racial oppression - Brutal police states - Attack on Ethiopia - Invasion of Manchuria - Seizure of the Rhineland and the Sudetenland

11. Why did the other nations of the world stand by?

12. - Fear of another Great War - U.S. was bound to Neutrality - Lack of preparation - Was this the war people were expecting?