1 / 21

The Rise of Dictators

The Rise of Dictators. Types of Government. Dictator a person exercising absolute power and unrestricted control in a gov. without hereditary succession (meaning, not a king) Totalitarian State a gov. which maintains complete control over its citizens

metta
Download Presentation

The Rise of Dictators

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Rise of Dictators

  2. Types of Government • Dictator • a person exercising absolute power and unrestricted control in a gov. without hereditary succession (meaning, not a king) • Totalitarian State • a gov. which maintains complete control over its citizens • individuals have no rights, and gov. suppresses opposition.

  3. Types of Government • Democracy • “Rule by People” • Gov. is controlled by its citizens • Communism • a gov. system where economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single political party.

  4. Types of Government • Fascism • Political movement that consists of a strong, centralized gov. headed by a powerful dictator. • Emphasizes the State over individuals. • Allows private enterprise "Everything within the state, nothing against the state, nothing outside the state." The masses should only "believe, obey and fight." ~Mussolini • Militarist State • The military is the controlling power in government

  5. Joseph Stalin – Soviet Union

  6. Joseph Stalin – Soviet Union • Lenin died in 1924, Stalin scrambled for control • Goal: Make Russia a worldwide example for a Communist State • Rid of all private enterprise - Strip peasants from land, force them to work on collective government owned farms for wages • Transform from Rural to Industrial Power - Did this in record time, with multiple “5 year Plans” • In order to accomplish these goals, sacrificed • Large human cost – an estimated 8 to 13 million • Vast Police State • Heavily punished for criticism • Great Purge of 1930s • Famine because of new industrial focus

  7. What Type of Government is STALIN running? • 1 or Multi-party State? • Answer: One Party State • What type of Government? • Totalitarian • Dictatorship • Communist

  8. Benito Mussolini - Italy

  9. Benito Mussolini - Italy • 1919 advertised for War Veterans to fight politicians who were “destroying Italy.” • Feared spread of communism • Marched into Rome and got the Italian king’s permission to form a new government • Goal – wanted to make Italy a world power • Achieved efficiency, but in process crushed all opposition

  10. What Type of Government is MUSSOLINI running? • 1 or Multi-party State? • Answer: One Party State • What type of Government? • Totalitarian • Dictatorship • Fascist

  11. Japanese Militarists Hideki Tojo (1941-1944)

  12. Japanese Militarists • Goal – Increase living space for growing Japanese population • Militarists launched surprise invasion of Manchuria in 1931, controlling this resource-rich land within several months • League of nations condemned Japan, who simply quit the league • Success of the Invasion put the militarists in control of Japan

  13. What Type of Government are the Japanese Militarists running? • 1 or Multi-party State? • Answer: One Party State • What type of Government? • Totalitarian • Militarism

  14. Francisco Franco - Spain

  15. Francisco Franco - Spain • Military leader in Spain, in 1936 led a revolt against Spain’s elected party in power called the Popular Front. • Franco’s nationalist party won Spanish Civil war • After win in 1939, his rule was law. • All opposition was ruthlessly dealt with; the nation had to endure the activities of a secret police force • Fair elections and political opposition, were not tolerated • In July 1947, a law was passed that made Franco head of state for life.

  16. What Type of Government is FRANCO running? • 1 or Multi-party State? • Answer: One Party State • What type of Government? • Totalitarian • Dictatorship • Fascist

  17. Adolf Hitler - Germany

  18. Adolf Hitler - Germany • Belonged to National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazi party) • Anti- Communist, Anti-Socialist • Based on extreme Nationalism

  19. Adolf Hitler - Germany • Goal: • Uniting all German speaking people in a great German empire because they were a “master” race. • National Expansion – for Germany to survive it needed more “Living Space” “to secure German people the land and soil to which they are entitled on this earth” even if this could be accomplished only by “the might of a victorious sword.”

  20. Adolf Hitler - Germany • The Great Depression and Hitler • 1932 – 6 million Germans were unemployed • Germans turned to Hitler as their last hope • March 1932 elections, Nazis won the most votes • January 1933, Hitler appointed Chancellor (prime minister) • Creating the Third Reich • Quickly dismantled Germany’s democratic Weimar Republic, created THIRD REICH • Thought it would be a “1000 year Reich” • Ultimately invades nearby countries in attempt to “create more living space” for Germans.

  21. What Type of Government is HITLER running? • 1 or Multi-party State? • Answer: One Party State • What type of Government? • Totalitarian • Dictatorship • Fascist

More Related