Rise of DictatorsSkim pages 537-541. Fill in the outline using your book: (copy entire outline and put your answers underneath, but leave some space to add info)

-Mussolini (who is he?):- fascism (definition):

-USSR- Lenin & Stalin (who are they?):

-Hitler (who is he?):- Mein Kampf (what is it about?):

-Japan- Militarists take control over government- Manchuria (what happens?):

-NYE Committee (what are they looking into?):

-Neutrality Acts 1935 (definition):

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Mussolini

Leader of Italy, “Il Duce”

Fascism- aggressive nationalism, believed nation is more important then the individual

Restricted individual rights

USSR

Lenin and Stalin- communist leaders, totalitarian dictators

Stalin kills all opposition, sends people to labor camps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIrAD8wxm_I

stalin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD0LGY9lMRM hitler

HitlerLeader of Nazi party in

Germany

Hated communism

Mein Kampf- “My Struggle”, autobiography about his beliefs

Japan

Militarists gain control and take over the government

Manchuria- part of China that Japan invaded, Japan wanted resources there, brutally killed millions of Chinese civilians

NYE Committee

Documented huge profits American businesses made during WWI

Questioned if U.S. businesses tried to get country involved in war to make money?

Encouraged isolationism

Neutrality Acts 1935

Illegal to sell weapons to countries at war

FDR wants to help in Europe and will find loop holes to do so

FDR sells weapons to China because China has not officially declared war yet

Guided Reading Ch 11 Sec 1

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