Transcript ADOLF HITLER

ADOLF HITLER
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Country
– Germany
Political Party
– Nazi Party
Goals and Ideas
– Create Third Reich
– Control Europe…and the world
– Create a “master race”
– Rebuild German Military
– “The Final Solution” – exterminating Jews
– Killing gays and lesbians, people with
disabilities, Gypsies (Roma), Jehovas
Witnesses, and Nazi Party critics
– Extreme nationalism
Type of Government
– Facist Dictatorship
How did he maintain power?
– Secret police (SS)
– Propaganda
– Government controlled press
– Repressed dissent
– Racial laws
– Concentration & Death Camps
FRANCISCO FRANCO
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– Spain
Political Party
– Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las
JONS (Spanish Traditionalist Phalanx of
the Assemblies of National-Syndacalist
Offensive)
Goals and Ideas
– Leads the Nationalist movement in the
Spanish Civil War
– Strongly against communism, socialism,
and anarchism
– Vertical Trade Union: end class struggle by
grouping workers & owners together
– Pro-Axis powers; not directly involved in
World War II
• supported by Hitler & Mussolini
• sends troops to fight the Soviet Union
(communism) directly
Type of Government
– Authoritarian Military Dictatorship
How did he maintain power?
– Censorship on moral & political grounds
– Strict laws about assembly and association
– Government recognizes only one Spanish
dialect to try and promote unity
JOSEPH STALIN
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– Soviet Union (USSR)
Political Party
– Communist Party
Goals and Ideas
– Increase Industry
– Become a Superpower
– Spread Communism
– Eliminate all opposition
– Anti-democracy
– Collectivize (bring under Government
control) farms and industry
Type of Government
– Communist Dictatorship
How did he maintain power?
– Secret police (The Cheka)
– The Great Purge (organized persecution
and political suppression)
– Government controlled Press
– Labor Camps (Siberia)
– Executions
– “Disappearing” people
BENITO MUSSOLINI
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– Italy
Political Party
– Facist Party
Goals and Ideas
– Promote the Facist Party through Youth
Groups
– “Mussolini is Always Right”
– Create a strong Italy
– Support the Catholic Church
– Anti-Communist, Anti-Socialist
– Restore the former glory of Italy and Rome
Type of Government
– Fascist Dictatorship with a Military
emphasis
How did he maintain power?
– Secret police (OVRA)
– Imprisoned people who dissented
– Banned other political parties
– propaganda
– Censored the Press
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– Japan
Political Party
– Imperial Rule Assistance
Association
Goals and Ideas
– Control the Pacific Islands, China,
and Soviet Union (USSR)
– Eliminate Western influences
– Militarism
– Extreme Nationalism
– Support Hitler’s Nazi Party
Type of Government
– Monarchy with military influence
How did he maintain power?
– Ignored opposition
– Used military strength to torture
and intimidate people
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• Read “The Rise of Dictators” page 540-541.
• In complete sentences, answer the following
questions:
1. Which two major European states were
democratic by 1939?
2. Define totalitarian state.
3. What is the goal of a totalitarian state?