Global 10 NotesDiscussionVocabulary 362020 Notes Benito Mussolini Italy

Global 10 Notes/Discussion/Vocabulary 3/6/2020

Notes: Benito Mussolini (Italy) • Leader of the Italian Fascist Party • Forms The Black Shirts (paramilitary; used to intimidate opponents) • Ruled as a dictator • “Il Duce”

Fascism • Violation of Human Rights • Centralization of power • Rejection of democracy • Militaristic Nationalism

What were some factors that led to fascism? • Economic problems • Inflation • Post WW 1 tensions

HITLER • Served in WW 1 • *Spoke against the Treaty of Versailles • Nazi Party • *Failed takeover of the gov’t • Sentenced/serves part • *While incarcerated, wrote Mein Kampf (“My Struggle”). Focused on nationalism and anti-Semitism

You will see a series of photos. • In the Do Now section write your first reaction to each slide. • Ready?

Do not grow weary, do not loosen the grip, This poisonous serpent may not slip away. Better that one strangles it to death Than that our misery begin anew. What is this type of information called? *Propaganda: the spreading of ideas, information for the purpose of helping or injuring a cause, or a person

Vocabulary to Write in NOTES: • Anti-Semitism - hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group

Scapegoating • What is it? • How is it used for political purposes? • Vocabulary in NOTES: • *Scapegoat: One who bears the blame for others; one that is the object of irrational hostility