27-1: the gathering storm
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27-1: The Gathering Storm. Meet the Leaders. Soviet Union- Joseph Stalin. Took control after that and ruled Russia as a Totalitarian State - A single party controls the government and every aspect of people’s lives . Used brutal methods to modernize Soviet industry and agriculture. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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27-1: The Gathering Storm
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Meet the Leaders
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• Took control after that and ruled Russia as a Totalitarian State - A single party controls the government and every aspect of people’s lives.
• Used brutal methods to modernize Soviet industry and agriculture.
- government run farms- labor camps- trials / execution / torture
SOVIET UNION- JOSEPH STALIN
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• fascism - government rooted in militarism, extreme nationalism, and blind loyalty to the state
• outlawed all political parties but his own
• outlawed criticism of the government
• If you were caught you were put in jail or killed
• Conquered Ethiopia by the use of aggression (warlike act without cause)
ITALY- BENITO MUSSOLINI
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• Turned the National Socialist German Worker’s Party into the Nazi party.
• Used anger from the Treaty of Versailles to gain support.
• Becomes dictator of Germany, turns them into a fascists state.
- Militaristic totalitarian state
- government controlled press, schools, religion
• Scapegoats = Jews blamed for all of Germany’s misfortune - rounded up and put into concentration camps.
• Used propaganda to “brainwash” the people
• Defies Treaty of Versailles – builds up arm forces and expands east - Rhineland
- League of Nations protests but takes no action
“Europe will never act, They’ll just protest. And they will always be too late.” - Hitler
GERMANY- ADOLF HITLER
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• Japan was ruled by a figurehead Emperor Hirohito.
• They were taken over by General Hideki Tojo
• Racial Superiority
• Started a war with China - Took over Manchuria and called it Manchukuo. The U.S. refused to recognize this.
JAPANEMEROR HIROHITO & GENERAL
HIDEKI TOJO
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• Neutrality Act - banned arms sales or loans to countries at war.
• Good Neighbor Policy - He got rid of the Roosevelt Corollary (Teddy) - Got rid of the Platt Amendment which limited Cuban independence - Removed troops from Nicaragua and Haiti – FDR tried to repair relationships with Latin America.
AMERICA STAYS ISOLATIONISTFRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT