1930s world dictators

Question 1

where was Benito Mussolini from?

Answer 1

Italy

Question 2

where was Francisco Franco from?

Answer 2

Spain

Question 3

where was Josef Stalin from?

Answer 3

USSR (Russia)

Question 4

where was Hirohito from?

Answer 4

Japan

Question 5

where was Chiang Kai-Shek from?

Answer 5

China

Question 6

when and where was Benito Mussolini born?

Answer 6

July 29, 1883 / Preddapro, Italy

Question 7

Benito Mussolini

served in the _______ in WWI

Answer 7

Italian Army

Question 8

in March 1919, Benito Mussolini formed the ____________

Answer 8

Fascist Party

Question 9

which country did Benito Mussolini invade in 1935?

Answer 9

Abyssina (now Ethiopia)

Question 10

who did Benito Mussolini provide military support to?

Answer 10

Francisco Franco

Question 11

who was Benito Mussolini in a pact with?

Answer 11

Germany

Question 12

was Benito Mussolini pro- or anti- Jew?

Answer 12

anti

Question 13

what did Benito Mussolini do about war veterans?

Answer 13

galvanized

Question 14

what did Benito Mussolini oppose discrimination against?

Answer 14

other social classes

Question 15

who was Francisco Franco originally?

Answer 15

a military general from Spain

Question 16

what happened to Spain in 1931-36?

Answer 16

struggled to maintain democracy; the Depression made it worse

Question 17

Francisco Franco served in the ________ army

Answer 17

Spanish

Question 18

how did Francisco Franco rise to power?

Answer 18

Spanish Conservative leader Jose Calvo died in a plane crash

Question 19

in 1936, Francisco Franco started a military group against the ______________

Answer 19

democratic government

Question 20

what was the result of Francisco Franco’s military group?

Answer 20

start of the Spanish Civil War

Question 21

how did Francisco Franco win the election?

Answer 21

lots of support from Hitler and Fascist Italy

Question 22

in 1939, what was Francisco Franco’s position?

Answer 22

head of state and dictator

Question 23

what type of beliefs/goals did Francisco Franco have?

Answer 23

Nationalistic

Question 24

who supported Francisco Franco?

Answer 24

Hitler and Mussolini

Question 25

what were some things Francisco Franco put into action?

Answer 25

forced labour, building railways, drying out swamps

Question 26

Francisco Franco wanted to protect ___________

Answer 26

Spanish territory

Question 27

what religion did Francisco Franco promote?

Answer 27

Catholicism

Question 28

was Francisco Franco pro- or anti- communism?

Answer 28

anti-

Question 29

what values did Francisco Franco promote?

Answer 29

traditional

Question 30

what was in demand in Russia?

Answer 30

industrialization, economic success, tough military

Question 31

who's leadership was Josef Stalin unhappy with?

Answer 31

the czar

Question 32

what discouraged Josef Stalin?

Answer 32

WW1 tolls

Question 33

what did Josef Stalin establish to run the government?

Answer 33

a provisional government

Question 34

how did Josef Stalin rise to power?

Answer 34

he was appointed to General Secretary in 1922

Question 35

Josef Stalin essentially got rid of democracy by doing what?

Answer 35

purging the party of "enemies of the people"

Question 36

when was Josef Stalin conscripted into the Russian Army?

Answer 36

WW1 (1921, Red Army Invasion)

Question 37

what happened to Josef Stalin in 1924?

Answer 37

he became the leader of the Communist Party and government

Question 38

what did Josef Stalin both promise and establish?

Answer 38

industrialization

Question 39

what types of "controversial military orders" did Josef Stalin introduce?

Answer 39

- shooting deserters on the spot | - executing, deporting, imprisoning, starving Soviet citizens

Question 40

what did Josef Stalin assign guilty soldiers?

Answer 40

punishment or an alternative to imprisonment/ capital punishment

Question 41

who did Josef Stalin unite Russia with and why?

Answer 41

with surrounding states / form Soviet Union

Question 42

what was Hirohito's status in Japan?

Answer 42

prince from Tokyo, later promoted to emperor, "living god"

Question 43

what was Hirohito's stance on his military?

Answer 43

unable/unwilling to control

Question 44

against the Constitution of Japan, what did Hirohito order his senior advisors to do?

Answer 44

put down the rebellion

Question 45

what was the emperor not allowed to do?

Answer 45

act, except on advice of ministers

Question 46

what wars did Hirohito reluctantly support?

Answer 46

war against China (1931-32) and Manchuria (1937)

Question 47

where and when was Chiang Kai-Shek born?

Answer 47

October 31, 1887 in ZheJiang

Question 48

where did Chiang Kai-Shek go to at age 18?

Answer 48

military training college in Japan

Question 49

why did Chiang Kai-Shek return to China in 1911?

Answer 49

to participate in the uprising that overthrew the Qing Dynasty

Question 50

what did Chiang Kai-Shek establish?

Answer 50

the Chinese republic

Question 51

what party was Chiang Kai-Shek a member of?

Answer 51

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)

Question 52

who supported Chiang Kai-Shek?

Answer 52

Sun Yat-Sen

Question 53

what position was Chiang Kai-Shek appointed to?

Answer 53

commandant of Whampoa Military Academy

Question 54

why and when did Chiang Kai-Shek become the leader of the KMT?

Answer 54

after Sun Yat-Sen's death in 1925

Question 55

what was Chiang Kai-Shek's plan for China?

Answer 55

rebuild- military rule, political tutelage, constitutional rule

Question 56

what was the goal of the Kuomintang revolution?

Answer 56

democracy