bell ringer # 7 get out your homework to be stamped! 1.what were two causes of the great depression?...
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Bell Ringer # 7
Get out your homework to be stamped!
1. What were two causes of the Great Depression?
2. How do you think the Great Depression helped dictators in Europe and around the world come to power?
2/7 & 2/8
Objectives
• Describe how the Great Depression/Treaty of Versailles lead to the rise of totalitarianism
• List the differences between Fascism and Communism
Communism
• All means of production are owned by the state
• Private property does not exist
• All goods and services are shared equally
Fascism
• A political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism
• Denial of individual rights
• Dictatorial one party rule
Fascism• Total Control • Emphasizes Extreme loyalty to leader• Promise to:
• Restore national pride• Punish those responsible• Restore economy
Fascism Rises from the Great Depression
German Unemployment Rises
Fascist Govt. take control
Weak/Failed Democracies
Loss of Faith in Govt.
High Inflation
Fascist Leaders Rise to Power
(p 910-913)Mussolini
• 3 facts about the leader
• Describe their rise to power
• List the leaders’ goals
Hitler
• 3 facts about the leader
• Describe their rise to power
• List the leaders’ goals
Benito Mussolini
(Italy)
•Fear of Communist revolution (Russia)•Founded Party in 1919•Violence•Black Shirts
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Adolf Hitler (Germany)
•Served in German Army in WWI
• Joined political party to overturn the Treaty of Versailles (also to combat communism)
•Brown shirts or storm troopers
•Wrote Mein Kampf: “My Struggle”
•Lebensraum “Living Space” (take other countries)
A Way to gain powerTraits of Propaganda
Targets AudienceSelective InformationPlays on Emotion
Examples • Games• Radio• Film
“Propaganda is truly a terrible weapon in the hands of an expert”
–Hitler 1942
“What good fortune for governments that the people do not think.”
-Hitler
Nazism1936 Olympic Games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcFbVn3BeVQ&feature=PlayList&p=DBA0F04ABD665A99&index=0