Ap World History Dbq Research Paper

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History DBQ paper The Great Depression created an uproar around the world, unemployment was at an all time high and inflation caused money to lose its value, because of this, people sought for stability in their government. This led to the rise of dictators like Hitler and Hirohito, whose oppressive rule contributed to the start of WWII. An attitude of “us” versus “them” fostered a climate of dehumanization and nationalism, which contributed to the many conditions that made the atrocities of WWII possible. An attitude of “us” verses “them” created dehumanization within Germany and Japan, stripping away the perceived humanity of the “them”. People that are seen as different in a society are eventually seen as enemies, as we see with dictators …show more content…
This print on a child Komono would help internalize pride and cultural identity in Japan because it would signal pride in their country and communicate the idea that anyone can support the military, no matter the age. This demonstrates the idea of “us” verses “them” because it promotes the superiority that the Japanese army has. In Germany, nationalism was expressed in a different way, through book burning. In 1933, Nazi German authorities began to synchronize Nazi ideaology, to achieve this goal, the Nazi Germans would burn books that were deemed “impure”, or go against Nazi ideology. The Nazi’s did this to rid any bad narratives of the Nazis, and in the end have a full Nazi supporting country. By burning “Un-German” books, Nazi ideas were seen as the right ideas and anyone that goes against these ideas were wrong and were perceived as outsiders. No matter how brutal the deaths would be in WWII, the support that people would have for their country would outway the sympathy they felt for others. Dehumanization and nationalism fabricated hatred around the world, and created societies based on an “us” verses “them”