Unit+7-+The+Rise+of+the+Dictators

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2. Trace Stalin’s rise to power in the Soviet Union and the connection between economic policies, political policies, the absence of a free press, and systematic violations of human rights (e.g., the Terror Famine in Ukraine).=====

3. Analyze the rise, aggression, and human costs of totalitarian regimes (Fascist and Communist) in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union, noting especially their common and dissimilar traits.
= = =Assignment 7.1- Totalitarian Vocabulary= Follow the instructions for vocabulary using **Google Presentation**. When you are finished, embed the presentation in a new page called Unit 7 Assignments. Title: Totalitarianism -Define -Picture: Something that represents a villain or oppressive government.
 * There must be an image on each slide.**

Slide 1- Vladimir Lenin -Who was he? -Who was the proletariat -What was his NEP?

Slide 2- Stalin -What were his Great Purges? -What were his 5 year plans? -What is collectivization?

Slide 3- Leon Trotsky -What was his position when Lenin was alive? -What happened to him after Lenin died?

Slide 4- Mao Zedong -Where was he a leader? -What did he do? Who did he believe to be the most important people in the Revolution? -Who did he defeat to take power?

Slide 5- Mao continued -What was the Cultural Revolution? -What was his Great Leap Forward? What was the result of this?

Slide 6- Hitler -What was Mein Kampf -What happened during the fire at the Reichstag? -What was the SS?

Slide 7- Mussolini -What kind of government did he set up in Italy? -What was his relationship with the Catholic church? -Who were the black shirts? -What was his nickname?

=Assignment 7.2- Stalin Video.= Answer these questions as we watch the Biography of Stalin.

1. How many people died at the hands of Stalin? 2. What does Stalin mean? 3. When did the Czar abdicate the thrown? 4. Who fought in the Russian Civil war? 5. What did Marx say about religion and what did the Bolsheviks do to enforce that way of thinking? 6. What did Stalin do to Trotsky? 7. What is collectivization and how was it carried out? 8. What was the price of stealing a head of corn? 9. Since workers could not reach the unrealistic goal of the 5 year plans and quotas, what did they do? 10. What is a gulag? 11. What was his response to the question, "How long are you going to go on killing people?" 12. What were some of the accusations that caused people to be put on trial and killed. 13. What happened to his wife? 14. Who stabbed him in the by breaking a non-aggression pact before WW2? 15. What did the Soviets do to countries that liberated from the Germans? 16. What was the Iron Curtain? 17. What did he do when his doctor told him to lay off politics for a while? 18. Why would people cry when such a horrible person died?

=Assignment 7.3- The Rise= Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:

























1. What kind of regimes did Russia, Italy, and Germany turn to by 1939? 2. List three characteristics of a Totalitarian government. 3. Where was Benito Mussolini from and what kind of government was he the first to lead in Europe? 4. What were Mussolini's bands of enforcers called? 5. What was the name of Mussolin's secret police? 6. Why was fascism attractive to many people? 7. How was Mussolini's rule different from Hitler's? 8. What was Vladimir Lenin's policy starting in March 1921? Explain how it worked. 9. When did Russia become the USSR? 10. Define POLITBURO. 11. Who was Joseph Stalin's main competition in taking over for Vladimir Lenin? 12. What happened to Trotsky after Stalin took power? 13. What were the negative consequences of the five year plan? 14. What was the great purge? 15. Who was Francisco Franco and what kind of government did he head?

=Assignment 7.4- Hitler=

















1. Although he was an Austrian, what was one of the cornerstones of Hitler's philosophy? 2. How did Hitler feel about Jews? 3. What was Nazi short for? 4. What were the two names given to Nazi militia? 5. What happened to Hitler because of the Beer Hall Putsch? 6. What did Hitler write in Prison? 7. What kind of conditions led to the Nazi rise in power and why was Hitler so persuasive to the German people? 8. What was the Enabling Act and how did it help Hitler become an all powerful dictator? 9. How did Hitler view the Aryan race and how was the term misused by the Nazis? 10. Looking at the chart of dictators, who would you say was highly influential to Hitler? 11. What were some of the ways that all three men in the chart controlled the people? 12. Who were the SS and what two principles were they based on? 13. What were the Nuremberg laws? 14. What happened during Kristallnacht?

=Assignment 7.5- Totalitarian Review= You are going to make another google presentation on the characteristics and examples of totalitarianism. Follow the steps and then embed this presentation on your wiki.

Title Slide Slide- Choose a picture of one of the dictators addressing his people or making a big speech. Title- Make it say Totalitarianism: ___. You come up with the second part. Example: Totalitarianism- The end of natural rights.

Slide 1- Characteristics Picture: Put a picture of an evil cartoon character. -Name four characteristics of a totalitarian government. Write them in complete sentences.

Slide 2- Fascism -Picture- Picture a fascist dictator. -What is the definition. -How is it different from communism.

Slide 3- Communism -Picture- The man of steel (not superman). -Describe Stalin's rule in at least four sentences using the words, **Great Purge, Collectivization, Trotsky, and 5 year plans** in the sentences (refer to the video questions).

Slide 4- Hitler Picture- Mein Kampf -Describe Hitler's rise to power in at least four sentences using the words, **SS, Reichstag, Chancellor, Dictator, Mein Kampf, and Beer Hall Putsch** (Refer to the notes).

Slide 5- Mao Zedong Picture- Tienanmen Square -Describe Mao Zedong's rule in China using the words **Peasant, Cultural Revolution, Great Leap Forward, Little Red Books.**

Slide 6- Reflection Picture- Prisoner in a Gulag Why would be bad to live under a totalitarian government? Why did communism start out as something pure but end up killing millions?

Use at least four sentences.