Bell Ringer # 7

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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

Fascism Rises in Europe

TotalitarianismGovernment control over

every aspect of public and private life

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

Communism

Comparing Governments

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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

http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=DBEEFC2F-2E16-4241-B2CE-53EF7EA501D7&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

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

• Looney Tunes, 1942

“The Ducktators”

The Ducktators

Who am I?

What party do I lead?

What country did I lead?

Nazism1936 Olympic Games

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcFbVn3BeVQ&feature=PlayList&p=DBA0F04ABD665A99&index=0

3-2-1• Three things you learned• Two things you are unsure about• One question you have