Rise of Totalitarianism

Essential Understandings (WHII.11c)

  • Economic disruptions following World War I led to unstable political conditions. Worldwide depression in the 1930s provided opportunities for the rise of dictators in the Soviet Union, Germany, Italy, and Japan.
  • A communist dictatorship was established by Vladimir Lenin and continued by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union.
  • The Treaty of Versailles worsened economic and political conditions in Europe and led to the rise of totalitarian regimes in Italy and Germany.
  • Japan emerged as a world power after World War I and conducted aggressive imperialistic policies in Asia.

Handout: Rise of Totalitarianism

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Handout: Totalitarian Societies

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Graphic Organizers: WWI & Interwar Period

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