The Rise of the Axis Powers - Amy Gilstrap | Library

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Think about communist countries.  What traits do most communist countries have?

people had the right to vote

people were extremely poor

people wanted equality

people wanted to prove how awesome their country was

people had few rights before communism

people had few rights after communism 

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Why would people give up rights like freedom of speech, religion, assembly, or even the right to vote for a different point of view?

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What is the key difference between fascism and communism?

loss of all rights

fascism focuses on showing the superiority of their nation, communism on equality

Communism does  not require loyalty to a leader, fascism does. 

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What is the key similarity between fascism and communism?

loss of all rights

fascism focuses on showing the superiority of their nation, communism on equality

Communism does  not require loyalty to a leader, fascism does. 

D

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Why did people follow Mussolini?

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Why was it important for leaders like Mussolini to have a uniform for their followers?

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If you were an Italian during the March on Rome, would you have been impressed with the Black Shirts?  why or why not?

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How did Mussolini become the Prime Misister?

He overthrew the king.

His March on Rome made the people elect him.

He scared the king into appointing him. 

D

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What did Mussolini's title "Il Duce" mean?

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Find one piece of Fascist Italian propaganda.  Post it and explain what it means (find a translation). 

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How did Mussolini control the Italian economy? 

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How was this different from Stalin's tactics in Soviet Russia/?

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Why do you think Germans rejected communism?

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When governments print off money to try and pay off debt, what does it cause? 

deflation 

depression

inflation 

stagnation

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Before the Great Depression the economy of Germany 

was controlled by France

was primarily agricultural 

was in a deep depression for all of the 1920s

was improving in the late 1920s

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What does NAZI stand for?

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Find a picture of early NAZI's.  What kind of people followed Hitler?

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Find a quote from Mein Kampf and post it.  Then explain what Hitler meant in the quote.

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What does LEBENSRAUM mean?

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Why did Germans think the Treaty of Versailles was unfair?

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Why was Hitler appointed to the position of chancellor?

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What does Der Fuhrer mean?

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Why were youth groups so important to the NAZI's?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFkb7vYZp8U

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Describe the activities of Hitler Youth girls. 

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Describe the activities of Hitler Youth boys. 

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Why was the control of education so important to the NAZIs?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5E7WR8TINI

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What does this propaganda poster promise?

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Select the tactics that the NAZIs used to persecute the Jewish people of Germany. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GQUoKITznk

ban Jewish students from school 

require Jewish people to wear an armband indicating their Jewish heritage

Force them to have children with Germans so that there were no pure Jewish children

outlaw marriage between Jewish people and Germans

destroy their businesses and take away their property

force them to live ghettos

send them to concentration camps

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What did Hitler promise at the Munich Conference?
Neville Chamberlain returns from Germany with the Munich Agreement - YouTube

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Draw a picture showing the idea of appeasment - where England and France give Hitler land, hoping he will stop taking any more land.  

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Why did Mussolini attack  Ethiopia and Albania? 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlPCZ_9T490

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What was the purpose of the League of Nations?

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What are sanctions?  

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Do you think sanctions are an effective way to punish countries? Why or why not?

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What does a "non-aggression pact" mean?

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What secret agreement did Stalin and Hitler make?

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Draw a picture showing or conversation between Emperor Hirohito and Gen Hideki Tojo showing that the Emperor has no power, and the General is making all decisions for Japan. Make sure to label them. 

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Why did Japan need more raw materials for industry?  Think about geography when you answer this question.

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The attrocities of the Japanese were reported and known in the West before the start of WW2. Why do you think there was no major outcry against their treatment of conquered people?

https://allthatsinteresting.com/sino-japanese-war#33
Rape in Nanking Words from WWII Japanese Soldiers - YouTube

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Match the area conquered to the Axis Power aggressor

Rhineland
Austria
Manchuria
Sudetenland
Ethiopia
China
Albania
Czechoslovakia

Japan
Germany
Italy