World History b: The Interwar Years and World War II: Totalitarianism

Which methods of indoctrination are used by totalitarian governments? Check all that apply. propaganda censorship social pressure education programs imprisonment

propaganda censorship education programs

Totalitarian governments are often controlled by a single political party because

the party's members can be counted on to follow the leader's ideology.

propose:

to offer a plan or idea

ideology :

a set of sociopolitical policies, beliefs, and aims

totalitarianism:

an extreme form of authoritarianism that attempts to control all aspects of citizens' lives

How was Mussolini able to gain power in Italy?

He proposed new ideas to solve the economic crisis.

Which most accurately describes of the use of indoctrination in a totalitarian state? Indoctrination is used to control the loyalty and actions of the military. Indoctrination is used to control terror and reduce the fear in citizens. Indoctrination is used to control the minds of the states' children.

Indoctrination is used to control all aspects of citizens' lives.

Why was Nazi ideology considered totalitarian?

It required Germans to support government beliefs.

Which leadership crisis occurred in the USSR that allowed a totalitarian government to take control?

Lenin died and Stalin rose to power.

why do some countries accept a totalitarian form of government?

A leadership crisis, an economic crisis, and an ethnic crisis. Systems of government can change and often will change very dramatically during a perceived leadership crisis.

What crisis occurred in Italy that allowed Mussolini to take power?

An economic depression caused partly by declining industry.

In this passage, a witness recalls a district Communist Party conference in the USSR during Stalin's rule. At the conclusion of the conference, a tribute to Comrade Stalin was called for. Of course, everyone stood up . . . . The small hall echoed with "stormy applause, rising to an ovation." For three minutes, four minutes, five . . . . It was becoming insufferably silly even to those who really adored Stalin. However, who would dare to be the first to stop? . . . . After all, NKVD men [the secret police] were in the hall applauding and watching to see who quit first! . . . . Then, after eleven minutes, the director of the paper factory . . . sat down in his seat. And, oh, a miracle took place! . . . . everyone else stopped dead and sat down. . . . That same night the factory director was arrested. They easily pasted ten years [in a labor camp] on him on the pretext of something quite different. But after he signed [his confession] . . . his interrogator reminded him: "Don't ever be the first to stop applauding!" -The Gulag Archipelago, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn How does this passage show totalitarianism in the Soviet Union? Check all that apply.

People were afraid to be the first to stop clapping. The Soviet government used fear and terror to control its citizens.

Summarize the characteristics of totalitarianism.

Rule by a single party Total control of the military Total control over means of communication (such as newspapers, propaganda, etc...) Police control with the use of terror as a control tactic Control of the economy

This is our formula: everything in the state, nothing outside of the state, nothing against the state. -Benito Mussolini, 1925 What message is Mussolini communicating in this quotation?

The government should control all aspects of society.

Why did Italy accept a totalitarian leader?

There was an economic crisis in Italy.

In Germany, how did the Nazi government build support for its ideology? Check all that apply.

They blamed Jews for the loss of WWI. They used propaganda to encourage the boycott of Jewish businesses. They blamed Jews for the economic depression that followed WWI.

Which characteristics of Nazi Germany's government were those of a totalitarian state? Check all that apply.

They discouraged ideas that didn't benefit the state. They focused on and promoted a national identity. They persecuted those who spoke out against the state. They enforced ideas about the inferiority of some races.

The timeline shows key events in World War I and World War II. According to the events on the timeline, which is the best conclusion that can be drawn about what happened between WWI and WWII?

Totalitarian governments arose in several key countries.

How did the Nazi government use an ethnic crisis to gain support?

by blaming Jews for the country's problems by using anti-Jewish propaganda by creating a nationalist ideology

indoctrination :

instructing someone to accept the beliefs and practicesof a group