Ch. 28: The West Between the Wars

Bell Work…

Review the changing Europe maps prior to and after WWI.

http://www.worldology.com/Europe/europe_history_lg.htm

How did those changes affect the world?

Credit- purchaser borrows money from a bank or other lender and agrees to pay it back over time

Black Tuesday- Oct. 29, 1929; day the US stock market crashed

Great Depression- worldwide depression that followed the collapse of the US stock market

New Deal- FDR’s plan of economic relief, recovery, and reforms

Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act- set extremely high tariffs on imports to protect American farmers/manufacturers

Your Task…

Using the documents provided, complete the Causes and Effects of the Great Depression chart. Then, complete the questions that follow.

CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION

Long-Term CausesImmediate/Short-

Term Causes

Immediate/Short-

Term Effects

Long-Term

Effects

Bell Work…

Copy and answer the following question into your notebook:

How did the Depression spread to the rest of the world?

COMMON FEATURES OF TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENTS

Political

▪ The state is more

important than

individuals.

▪ The gov’t is controlled by a

single political party.

▪ A powerful dictator unites

the people and symbolizes

the gov’t.

Social

▪ The gov’t controls all

aspects of daily life.

▪ Secret police use terror

and violence to enforce

gov’t policies.

▪ Citizens are denied basic

rights and liberties.

Economic

▪ The gov’t controls

businesses and directs

the national economy.

▪ Labor and business are

used to fulfill the

objectives of the state.

Mussolini’s Italy1. Mussolini wanted to build a great/glorious Italian empire

2. Fascism- focuses on the good of the state rather than on the good of the individual citizens

3. Black Shirts- street fighters who beat up socialists/communists and kicked them out of local gov’t

4. Led the March on Rome and convinced Italy’s king to make him the head of Italy’s gov’t

5. Used propaganda to promote Italy’s greatness and established festivals/holidays that reminded modern Italians of their Roman heritage

6. Invaded Ethiopia as an attempt to make Italy a strong military power

Stalin’s Soviet Union1. Stalin turned the SU into a totalitarian state in order to

strengthen communism

2. His Five-Year Plan included the modernization of the Soviet economy

3. Soviet industrial output increased; oil production doubled, coal/steel production quadrupled

4. Collectivization- combining of small farms to form larger, mechanized farms

5. Gulag- Soviet forced labor camp/prison, used for political dissidents

6. Stalin began the Great Purge to get rid of people/things considered undesirable

Animal Farm

▪George Orwell

▪Attacks the idea of totalitarian communism

▪Uses animals on an English farm to tell the history of Soviet communism

▪Pigs Napoleon and Snowball are figurations of Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky

*While watching the video, complete the Study Guide.

Bell Work…

Copy and answer the following question into your notebook:

How did Stalin use fear and violence to rule the Soviet Union?

Hitler’s Germany1. Germany was in ruins after WWI

2. Nazi Party- political party of Adolf Hitler governed on totalitarian lines; advocated German racial superiority

3. Hitler promised to rebuild Germany’s military and the German empire

4. As chancellor, he bullied to get dictatorial powers

5. Anti- Semitism- hostility or prejudice towards Jews

6. Nuremberg Laws- Nazi laws that eliminated citizenship/civil and property rights for Jews

7. Kristallnacht- Nov. 9-10; Hitler’s Nazis encouraged Germans to riot against Jews

Your Task…

In your groups, create a poster to compare/contrast the ways that Mussolini, Stalin, and Hitler rose to power and kept power.

Mussolini Stalin Hitler

Rise to Power

Methods used

to keep power

Your Assignment…

Complete the What People Think I Do: Totalitarian Dictators.

Each picture should have a 2-3 sentence caption describing its meaning. Write these on a separate sheet of paper.

*Remember to keep all pictures and captions SCHOOL APPROPRIATE!

Bell Work…

Copy and answer the following question into your notebook:

How did Hitler’s anti-Semitism affect the way he ruled Germany?

Your Assignment…Using the template provided, complete a bracket for four of the following:

▪ Greatest Problem Facing the world after WWI

▪ Best Cause of the Great Depression

▪ Best Effect of the Great Depression

▪ Best Feature of a Totalitarian Government

▪ Greatest Totalitarian Dictator

▪ Most Powerful Country going into WWII

Each bracket should consist of at least three rounds. Provide ample evidence for each winner.