What is Totalitarianism
Government gives power to the people.
Government has total control of public and private life
Individualism
Government with head of state for life or until abdication.
What is propaganda?
Information or images designed to manipulate public opinion.
In addition to the banning of other political parties and trade unions, what happened to women?
Women had to join the army
Women were able to vote
Women's emancipation was reduced
Women's rights increased
What did Totalitarian Regimes promise?
To restore order and bring about economic recovery.
What 3 Nations were a Totalitarian Regime?
Italy, Germany, Russia/USSR
What did Benito Mussolini create after his disappointment of the Treaty of Versailles?
An unofficial army of "blackshirts", an ultra-nationalist group.
What act made Mussolini rise to be the prime minister?
March on Rome.
The Blackshirts
Propaganda
Creation of the National Fascist Party
What happened in August 1922, and what did Mussolini respond?
a general strike was called by the Trade Unions. He replaced striking workers with party members.
What was the totalitarian regime imposed by Adolf Hilter?
Nazism.
Name 2 problems the German government dealt with after the war?
reconstruction / unemployment / war reparations / hyperinflation
Define "dictatorship".
Form of government in which power is concentrated in the hands of one person.
Why was Adolf Hitler imprisoned for a year?
He led a failed coup d'etat (Beer Hall Putsch).
Define "Reichstag"
Germany's Parliament,
