Week  11 Day 1

Class 1- Tuesday March 18, 2014

·         Lecture Notes: Prior to WWI countries had been split two main groups or factories. In the 1930s a strong movement was underway to bring ‘Fascism’ into modern government.

·         Fascism- a way of organizing a society in which a government ruled by a dictator controls the lives of the people and in which people are not allowed to disagree with the government: very harsh control or authority.

·         New alliances are forming, now between democracies and dictatorships.

·         Main features of a Democracy:

-Everybody can vote and help choose a government

-Voters have a choice between parties

-Government power and terms are limited

-Everybody, including the government must obey the laws of the land

-Individual and corporate freedoms: freedom of speech, assembly, religion etc are protected by law

·         Communist dictatorships were in place now (USSR) for the first time. The new China government (Kuo Ming Tang) is dealing both a Japanese incursion and the onslaught of internet Communist undermining

·         3 Case studies:

-          USSR- Communist Dictatorship (Page 118)

-          Italy- Fascist Dictatorship (Page 119)

-          Germany- Socialist Dictatorship (Page 120- 121)

Discussion and Reflection: None

Homework: None