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Chapter 24 Section 1. The Rise of Dictators. Totalitarian. Has total control over a nation Dominates every aspect of life Uses terror to suppress individual rights and silent all opposition. How did Stalin change the Soviet economy?.
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Chapter 24 Section 1 The Rise of Dictators
Totalitarian • Has total control over a nation • Dominates every aspect of life • Uses terror to suppress individual rights and silent all opposition
How did Stalin change the Soviet economy? • In an attempt to modernize agriculture and industry, he created a system of collective farming and poured money into basic industries • Turned the Soviet Union into a modern industrial power
How did Stalin change the lives of the Soviet people? • Stalin confiscated the land of resisting farmers and sent peasants to distant labor camps • Caused food shortages and the need for rationing • Killed millions
Fascism • Hitler and Mussolini were Fascist leaders • Emphasizes the importance of the nation, or a particular ethnic group • A dictator reigns supreme
Purge • The process of removing enemies and undesirables from positions of power. • Hitler purged the Nazi party in Germany and Stalin purged the Communists in the Soviet Union • Millions killed and millions more arrested and sent to labor camps in both nations
Nazism • A farm of fascism • Created by Adolph Hitler • Based on nationalism and racial superiority
Why did many Germans support Hitler and Nazism in the early 1930s? • Hitler and the Nazis promised to stabilize Germany when the Depression hit • Promised to restore the economy and the empire that had been lost after WWI
Axis Powers • Germany, Italy, and Japan • All believed they had been wronged by the peace process after WWI • Used the excuse of fighting communism as their reason for joining forces
Examine the map on page 804. What advantage did Germany gain by stationing troops in the Rhineland • With troops in the Rhineland, Hitler could threaten Belgium and France with invasion more easily • This means that other nations may give into his demands more easily because they are afraid.
Appeasement • Giving up what one believes in, or what one holds dear in order to pacify an aggressor • Hitler was allowed to take re-militarize the Rhineland and take Austria and Czechoslovakia without a shot being fired.
Why did Britain and France pursue a policy of appeasement with Hitler? • Neither nation was prepared for a war, they desired peace
Why did British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sign the Munich Agreement? • He believed that giving into Hitler’s demands would prevent a war…he believed wrong
How did the Spanish Civil War highlight divisions in Europe? • People had to choose between the pro fascist nationalists or the anti-fascist Republicans • Germany and Mussolini sent in troops to help the Nationalists • The Soviet Union aided the Republicans • The U.S., Britain, and France did not intervene • The Nationalist Fascists win, put Francisco Franco into power
How did leaders of totalitarian states feel about using force against people and nations they considered their enemies? • Totalitarian leaders felt free to act against other nations, or against domestic opponents
How did democratic nations like Britain and France feel about using force against other nations? • Democratic nations were reluctant to use force • Totalitarian nations took advantage of this reluctance