1 / 12

FROM DEMOCRACY TO DICTATORSHIP

FROM DEMOCRACY TO DICTATORSHIP. The Rise of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. BENITO MUSSOLINI THE FIRST FASCIST. Fought for Italy in World War I Newspaper writer and political agitator. ADOLF HITLER NAZI LEADER. Fought for Germany in World War I Unsuccessful artist.

cael
Download Presentation

FROM DEMOCRACY TO DICTATORSHIP

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. FROM DEMOCRACY TO DICTATORSHIP The Rise of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini

  2. BENITO MUSSOLINITHE FIRST FASCIST • Fought for Italy in World War I • Newspaper writer and political agitator

  3. ADOLF HITLERNAZI LEADER • Fought for Germany in World War I • Unsuccessful artist

  4. FROM DEMOCRACY TO DICTATORSHIP 3 VITAL STEPS • Building a Political Party • Getting Elected • Seizing Dictatorial Power

  5. BUILDING A POLITICAL PARTY Italian Fascist Party • Mussolini created ‘Blackshirts’ – a group of tough WWI veterans • Terrorized other political parties • Appealed to: • Nationalists Former Soldiers • Landowners Business Owners

  6. BUILDING A POLITICAL PARTY National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi) • Hitler joined the Nazi party in 1919 • Hitler became Nazi party leader in 1921 • Hitler became nationally known during his treason trial Appealed to: Veterans Nationalists Anti-Semites Farmers Middle Class

  7. GETTING ELECTED • Italy was a constitutional monarchy • Mussolini led the ‘March on Rome’ • King Victor Emmanuel named Mussolini Prime Minister Benito Mussolini

  8. GETTING ELECTED • Germany was a democratic republic with a President and a Chancellor (Prime Minister) • The Nazi party became the majority party in the German Parliament (Reichstag) in 1932 • Hitler was appointed Chancellor in January 1933 1932 Election Poster

  9. SEIZING DICTATORIAL POWER • Mussolini forced Parliament to pass the Acerbo Law • Acerbo Law gave political party with most votes a 2/3 majority in Parliament • National election of April 6, 1924 gave Fascist Party power in Parliament • Mussolini was now a dictator, not a Prime Minister Benito Mussolini

  10. SEIZING DICTATORIAL POWER • Reichstag Fire – German Parliament building burns one week before new elections • Hitler blames fire on Communists and spreads fear throughout Germany Reichstag Fire

  11. SEIZING DICTATORIAL POWER • Hitler convinces Reichstag to pass the Enabling Act, granting dictatorial powers to the Chancellor, Hitler • When the German President dies in 1934, Hitler takes command of military and truly becomes the dictator of Germany

  12. Picture Credits • http://ghostline.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/mussolini-image004.jpg • http://ming.tv/flemming2.php/__show_article/_a000010-001414.htm • http://www.dictatorofthemonth.com/Mussolini/pictures_of_mussolini.htm • http://www.sigruneuk.com/pictures/DC128%20A.jpg • http://ui29.gamespot.com/220/fascism.jpg • http://homepage.eircom.net/~finnegam/war/images/greeting_hitler.jpg • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/nazi_propaganda_gallery_01.shtml • http://www.solarnavigator.net/history/explorers_history/Germany_Reichstag_fire.jpg

More Related