1. Rise of Dictators Why did these totalitarian regimes gain power after World War I? Video Clips from United streaming: Discovering History: 20th-Century Biographies: WWII Political Leaders Saxton ‘08

2. Big Idea: Economic problems after WWI cause Totalitarian leaders to gain power and ultimately will lead to WWII!

3. Totalitarian governments control their citizens & retain control with the following methods: 1. single leader, demand blind obedience 2. control the economy 3. police spies & terror tactics 4.control the media (use propaganda to indoctrinate) 5. use school to spread ideology to children 6. censorship of art, books, intellectuals with dissenting opinions

4. Rise of Totalitarian Regimes A. In a Totalitarian country, individual rights are not viewed as important as the needs of the nation Totalitarianism Communist Dictatorship (USSR) Fascist Dictatorship (Germany, Italy) Military Dictatorship (Japan) Fascism: military government with based on racism & nationalism with strong support from the business community Opposition is suppressed.. violent Government in which there are no social classes, to create equality and government controls all aspects of production.

6. Mussolini – Il Duce (eel DOO chay) * First Fascist state Recognized Catholicism as the state religion Role of Women- have children and raise them to love the state Make government work efficiently (get trains running on time) Save Roman ruins, put money to salvage Coliseum Bring back glory of Roman Empire Control: Black shirts- child youth organizations to support fascist ideology. OVRA (Organization for Vigilance and Repression of Anti-Fascism) Secret Police force * Propaganda “Mussolini is always right”

7. Adolf Hitler – Fuhrer (FYUR uhr) leader Chancellor Policy of Anti-Semitism National Socialist German Workers’ Party or Nazi Third Reich Role of women- have children and raise them to love the state Control: Schutzstaffeln or SS Gestapo- secret police Get rid of political parties

8. “friends”

9. Joseph Stalin “man of steel” Five-year plan: to industrialize Collectivization policy Role of women- Promoted equal rights, divorce & work Control: Great Purge- get rid of opponents Cheka- secret police Gulag- work camps

10. General Hideki Tojo... slowly takes power away from Emperor Hirohito Insert video clip- 5:54 Industrialization Expansion/imperialism Invades Manchuria, China, Korea Wants Southeast Asia Wants Siberia (Russia)- makes a pact with Germany View of women- Method of Control: Drop pamphlets on countries telling them to surrender Purge of western ideas “Imperial Rule Assistance Association”

11. Want

12. Process: make a propaganda poster & a Wanted poster it should be persuasive... if I were a citizen of the country it should make me feel my leader is good/competent/strong etc..... your persuasion may use pride, fear, terror, compassion, etc..