Chapter 16 Section 1 Dictators Threaten World Peace

Chapter 16 Section 1 Dictators Threaten World Peace

Brainstorms • What were the causes of World War I? – – – Nationalism Imperialism Militarism System of Alliances Assassination

Brainstorms • What treaty ended WWI? – Treaty of Versailles

Brainstorms • What is the difference between an idealist and a realist? – – A realist understands how the world works and deals with it An idealist wants things to be perfect regardless of present world conditions.

Brainstorms • What were the 14 Points? – – – Wilson’s idealist solution to end WWI and prevention to prevent WWII No secret treaties Freedom of the seas Free trade ( no tariffs) Disarm Self Determination

Brainstorms • What major world event took place between 1929 and 1941 and what effect did it have on Europe unlike the United States? – – The Great Depression Dictators take control of European Countries during the Depression

Objectives: • • • ID the aggressive leaders and their actions at the beginning of World War I Define fascism Describe how the United States tried to remain neutral.

Joseph Stalin & Soviet Union • Political Movements and Beliefs • Focused on creating a model communist state after Lenin’s death • Agriculture & Industrial growth are the main goal • Abolished private property. Farms owned & controlled by the state • 5 year plans to direct state run industry

Joseph Stalin & Soviet Union • Aggressive Actions Taken in the 1920 s & 1930 s • Government control of everything (Totalitarian government) • Killed 8 to 13 million people who opposed him • Individuals have no rights

Benito Mussolino ( Il Duce or Leader) & Italy • Political Movements and Beliefs • Played upon Italian fears of economic collapse & communism • Fascism: stresses nationalism and places the interests of the state above those of an individual. Need a single strong leader & devoted party members.

Benito Mussolino ( Il Duce or Leader) & Italy • Aggressive Actions Taken in the 1920 s & 1930 s • Black Shirts march on Rome & King gives power to Mussolini • Crushed all opposition • Made the trains run on time (fix the economy) • Invaded Ethiopia

Adolf Hitler (Der Fuhrer or the Leader) & Germany • Political Movements and Beliefs • Party leader of the Nazis or National Socialist German Worker’s Party • Nazism or fascism stressed extreme nationalism and favored uniting all Germanspeaking people in a great German empire • Blamed all problems on the Jews • Master Race: blue-eyed blond-hair Aryans • Expansionism or space for Germans to live

Adolf Hitler (Der Fuhrer or the Leader) & Germany • Aggressive Actions Taken in the 1920 s & 1930 s • Storm troopers or private army (brown shirts) • Pursued the Third Reich or 1000 Year Empire (Overthrew Weimar Republic) • Military build-up • Took back the Rhineland

Japanese Militarists • Political Movements and Beliefs • Imperialism or expansionism. Space for people to live

Japanese Militarists • Aggressive Actions Taken in the 1920 s & 1930 s • Invaded Manchuria ( China)

Francisco Franco & Spain • Political Movements and Beliefs • Franco installs Totalitarian government

Francisco Franco & Spain • Aggressive Actions Taken in the 1920 s & 1930 s • Spanish Army with general Franco rebelled against Spanish republic (Civil War) • Franco supported by Germany & Italy (Rome-Berlin Axis) • U. S. remained neutral, except for 3000 Abraham Lincoln Battalion • Soviets sent equipment & advisors

United States Neutrality • 1928 the U. S. 1/62 signed Kellogg-Briand Pact. War will not be used as an instrument of foreign policy • The Nye Committee and the “merchants of deaths” • 1933 to 1935 FDR was dealing with other countries – 1933 recognized the Soviet Union – Good Neighbor Policy in LA removed U. S. soldiers – Reciprocal Trade Agreement lowered tariffs

United States Neutrality • ●Neutrality Acts • Outlawed arms sales or loans to nations at war or in civil war • U. S. sends arms and supplies to Manchuria (China) because Japan never officially declared war