STALIN IN THE SOVIET UNION • Lenin’s death in 1924 led to a power struggle in the Communist Party. • Stalin emerged as the leader mostly by assassinating the competition • Stalin’s totalitarian government: • Seized private farm land and formed state-run collectives. • Stalin’s farm policies led to famine. • Protesters were sent to labor camps – 15 million by 1933 • The Gulag - • Stalin used his “Red Army” to maintain control. • Executions -
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STALIN IN THE SOVIET UNION Lenin’s death in 1924 led to a power struggle in the Communist Party. Stalin emerged as the leader mostly by assassinating the.
JAPANESE IMPERIALISM Settled Hokkaido and extended control over small islands nearby. Sino-Japanese War with China ( ): Treaty of Shimonoseki – Japan gains Taiwan, Pescadores Islands, and the Liaotung Peninsula. Korea remains independent. Russo-Japanese War with Russia (1904): Fight over Manchuria 1910, Japan annexes Korea Japan occupies Manchuria Japan occupies French Indochina. And then…
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STALIN IN THE SOVIET UNION• Lenin’s death in 1924 led to a power struggle in the
Communist Party.• Stalin emerged as the leader mostly by assassinating the
competition
• Stalin’s totalitarian government:• Seized private farm land and formed state-run collectives.
• Stalin’s farm policies led to famine.• Protesters were sent to labor camps – 15 million by
1933• The Gulag -
• Stalin used his “Red Army” to maintain control.• Executions -
OLIGARCHS IN MEIJI JAPAN
• Japan in the mid to late 1800s -
• In 1868 a new emperor comes to power.
• Meiji =
• Oligarchy:
• Policy of Oligarchs:
• fukoku kyohei - rich nation, strong army
JAPANESE IMPERIALISM• Settled Hokkaido and extended control over small islands
nearby.• Sino-Japanese War with China (1894-95):
• Treaty of Shimonoseki – Japan gains Taiwan, Pescadores Islands, and the Liaotung Peninsula. Korea remains independent.
• Russo-Japanese War with Russia (1904):• Fight over Manchuria
• 1910, Japan annexes Korea.• 1931 Japan occupies Manchuria.• 1941 Japan occupies French Indochina.• And then…
HITLER’S RISE TO POWER • German Worker’s Party -
• Growth of the party:
• The German Worker’s Party platform:• The unification of all Germans into one nation (Reich)• Opposition to the Treaty of Versailles.• To seek new territory for German’s to live in (Lebensraum).• Citizenship requirements based on race – no Jews could be citizens.• Religious freedom except for those practicing religions deemed harmful to
the German race.• A strong central government.
HITLER’S RISE TO POWER• 1920 – The swastika chosen as party symbol.• Name change: National Socialist German Workers’ Party. • “Nationalsozialistische” is shortened to Nazi
• 1921 – Germany’s economy went into recession because of war reparations. • Hitler promised a better tomorrow.
• Unhappy with their situation, people chose to follow him.
HITLER’S RISE TO POWER• Beer Hall Putsch
• Barvarian state officials taken hostage.• Held in hall until they joined “the revolution”.• Officials, under duress, agree to join Nazis.• Deception discovered.
• Hitler arrested for treason• Trial judge –
• Hitler in the courtroom –
• Sentence –
HITLER’S RISE TO POWER• Hitler in prison
• Conditions:
• Dictated Mein Kampf (My Struggle)• Best seller. Never read.• Expressed hatred of Jews
• Hitler’s new strategy (1925-1929):
• Hitler has two goals for the Nazi Party:1. Membership growth
2. Creation of a Nazi “shadow government” that can be put into place once Hitler is elected to office.
HITLER’S RISE TO POWER
• The Great Depression hits -
• 1930 Campaign for the Reichstag• Nazis get 107 seats • Second largest party in the Reichstag
• Geli Raubal suicide:• Hitler’s 20 year-old half-niece.• Shot herself after an argument with Hitler about
going out with friends.• Hitler fell into a deep depression
HITLER’S RISE TO POWER• 1932 Presidential Election
• An elderly President Hindenburg agrees to run again to keep Hitler out of the Presidency.
• Hitler loses a close election to Hindenburg.
• A deal with Kurt von Schleicher –• Hitler agrees to support von Schleicher in exchange for Schleicher’s support in
lifting a ban that had been placed on the SS and SA.• SS = Hitler’s elite body guard. SA = “storm troopers”, private army
• Bloody Sunday:• On July 17, 1932 the SS and SA marched into a communist area of Hamburg
(Prussia) and started shooting. • 19 people were killed and 300 were wounded.
HITLER’S RISE TO POWER
• July 1932 Elections – for Reichstag• Nazis win 230 seats in Reichstag - now the largest party.• Hitler demands the chancellorship, but is offered only vice
chancellorship.
• Eva Braun – suicide attempt:
• Government falls apart:• Nov 6, 1932 election – loss of 34 seats in Reichstag.• Hitler again demands Chancellorship, denied.• January 30, 1933 – Hitler finally granted chancellorship.
HITLER IN POWER• The Reichstag Burns -
• Last Free Elections – March 5, 1933.
• Hitler becomes dictator:• Political enemies arrested and placed in prison camps.• Establishes Gestapo – Geheime Staats Polizei
• Dachau opens for political prisoners – becomes model camp.• Theodor Eicke
• Revolt of the SA and Night of the Long Knives:
HITLER IN POWER
• Summer 1934 – Death of President Hindenburg from natural causes.• Hitler becomes Fuhrer of all Germany (combined President and Chancellor)
• The Nazi Reich:• Demands obedience to Adolf Hitler rather than the state of Germany.
• Organized on the outside, chaotic and inefficient on the inside.
• Sept 1935 – Nuremberg Laws Nazi Laws• Forbid intermarriage and citizenship for Jews.