Chapter 20 Section 1

America & the World

The Rise of Dictators

1. What were two causes of the rise of dictatorships after WWI?

Mussolini and Fascism in Italy

1. What is fascism and what did fascists believe?

2. What form of government was fascism against?

3. Who was the Il Duce or leader?

Stalin Takes Over the USSR

1. In 1928 the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin began a massive effort to do what?

2. What are collectives?

Hitler & Nazi Germany

1. Who was a fervent anti-Communist and a great admirer of Mussolini?2. What made many Germans hate the Allies and the German

government?3. What was the National Socialist German Workers’ Party also known as?4. Why was Hitler imprisoned and what book did he write in prison?5. What countries did Hitler write in his book that Germany needed to

expand to?6. What group of people did Hitler blame for Germany’s defeat in WWI?7. What was Hitler’s new tactic of seizing power after being released from

prison?8. What caused many Germans to start voting for radical parties?9. What name did Hitler give himself in 1934?

Militarists Control Japan

1. What part of the world did many Japanese military officers believe Japan was destined to dominate?

2. To get resources, where did Japanese military invade?

3. After Japan’s prime minister was assassinated, what group controlled the country and who became Japan’s prime minister?

The Nye Committee

1. What are two reasons isolationist ideas became stronger?

2. The Nye Committee report created the impression that America’s entry into WWI was influenced by what industry?

Legislating Neutrality

1. What did the Neutrality Act of 1935 make illegal?

2. Who was the leader of the 1936 rebellion in Spain that quickly became a civil war?

3. What countries make up the Axis powers?4. What are the conditions in the Neutrality Act

of 1937?5. Why did many Americans not want American

ships to deliver goods to Europe?

Roosevelt’s Internationalism

1. What is internationalism?2. Why did the Neutrality Act of 1937 not apply

to the sale of weapons to China?