Chapter 16

World War Looms

1931-1941
Section 1
Dictators Threaten World Peace
(528-535)
Section 1 - Dictators Threaten World Peace

Joseph Stalin
Russia
Political movement and beliefs
Communism
Strengthen communism in the
Soviet Union
The spread of communism by
workers revolutions
throughout the world
State ownership of property
Eventual rule by the working
class.
Section 1 - Dictators Threaten World Peace

Joseph Stalin
Russia
Aggressive actions taken in
the 1920s & 30s
Massive campaigns to collectivize
agriculture and to industrialize the
nation
The Great Purge
Section 1 - Dictators Threaten World Peace

Benito Mussolini
Italy
Political movement and
beliefs
Fascism; extreme
nationalism
Militaristic expansionism
Private property
A strong centralized
government
Anti-communism
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Benito Mussolini
Italy
Aggressive actions
taken in the
1920s & 30s

March on
Rome
RomeBerlin
Axis Pact
Invasion of
Ethiopia
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Adolf Hitler
Germany
Political movement and
beliefs
Nazism; extreme nationalism
and racism
Militaristic expansionism
Private property
A strong government
Anti-communism
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Adolf Hitler
Germany
Aggressive actions taken
in the 1920s & 30s

Established the Third Reich
Pulled out of the League of
Nations
Built up the military
Sent troops into the
Rhineland
Set up the Rome-Berlin Axis
Pact
Section 1 - Dictators Threaten World Peace

Japanese Militarists
Political movement and beliefs
Nationalism
Militaristic expansionism
Section 1 - Dictators Threaten World Peace

Japanese Militarists
Aggressive actions taken in the 1920s & 30s

The invasion of Manchuria
Pulled out of the League of Nations

Section 1 - Dictators Threaten World Peace

Francisco Franco
Spain
Political movement and
beliefs
Fascism
Militarism

Section 1 - Dictators Threaten World Peace

Francisco Franco
Spain
Aggressive actions taken in the 1920s & 30s
An uprising against the elected government
A civil war

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Define the term
totalitarian.

Explain the importance
of the Neutrality
Acts.
Section 1 - Dictators Threaten World Peace
Benito Mussolini http://gi.grolier.com/ wwii/ wwii_mussolini.html
Information about Mussolini's life, the birth of fascism, and the Italian
leader's military dictatorship. Includes links to information about Adolf
Hitler and about the history of World War II.

Joseph Stalin
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ history/ historic_figures/ stalin_joseph.shtml
Biography of the Soviet dictator who succeeded Lenin. Includes links to
articles about his early rival, Leon Trotsky, Stalin's leadership during
World War II, and his forced collectivization of Soviet agriculture.

The Nazis
http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=gvKVLcMVIuG&b=394657
Nazism before, during, and after World War II. The Simon Wiesenthal
Center is an international human rights organization dedicated to
preserving the memory of the Holocaust .

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