1. Rise of Dictators Objective: Summarize the events that led to the rise of dictators in Europe

2. WWI – Treaty of Versailles Signed June 28, 1919 Germany had to: Pay billions of dollars in reparations Completely disarm Give up overseas colonies Give up some land in Europe

3. Great Depression- 1929 - 1942 Severe economic crisis Business activity slowed sharply Unemployment rose

5. Mussolini - Italy First dictator in Europe after WWI Fascist – a non-democratic form of government that stresses the greatness of a race or nation Called Il Duce – the leader Outlawed all other political parties

6. Took away people’s rights Stopped newspapers from reporting any news that he didn’t like Built up the military and attacked other countries; Ethiopia in 1935 League of Nations mildly protested 1939 – Italy invaded Albania

7. Hitler - Germany Played on people’s emotions like Mussolini Led the National Socialist Party (Nazi Party) – believed that Germans were superior to others Blamed Jews for Germany’s problems Anti-Semitism, hatred of Jews, had many terrible results

8. Gained power in 1939 and ended democracy Set up totalitarian rule – gets rids of all opposition and government controls every aspect of life Sought to dominate other nations as well as Germany

9. Breaks treaty and rebuilt Germany’s military Formed an alliance with Italy in 1936

10. Soviet Union Joseph Stalin rose to power in late 1920s Communist leader – killed rivals and sent millions he thought were disloyal to labor camps

11. Japan Lacked jobs and food during the depression Military leaders believed Japan needed more land and resources. September, 1931 – invaded Manchuria in northeastern China League of Nations criticized Japan but did nothing else

12. Hideki Tojo – one of the generals who led the invasion later become Prime Minister 1937 – Japanese army invaded China 1940 – joins Germany and Italy in the “Axis” alliance

13. United States Between 1935 and 1937 Congress passed the Neutrality Acts Laws said that the US could not lend money or sell weapons to nations at war European nations still had not paid back WWI loans Most Americans wanted to stay out of problems in other lands

14. Summary What were some of the problems that led to the rise of dictators in Germany and Italy? Why did people in the United States think the country needed the Neutrality Acts? Summary: illustrate problems leading to the rise of dictators; create political cartoon explaining Neutrality Acts