1. Do Now: Copy Definition and Countries
After WWI: Germany, Italy, and Russia turned to a new form of dictatorship = totalitarianism
Government has total control over every aspect of the people’s lives
The individual is a servant of the state
Books, radio, films, and schools used to promote the government’s philosophy

2. So Why Would Totalitarianism Appear in This Particular Time Period and In Multiple Countries At Once?

3. Factor 1: Anger over the Treaty of Versailles

4. 1 (cont.) Germany has been crushed
Italy wasn’t given lands it had been promised for joining the allies
Russia wasn’t even invited, since it had been going through a Civil War
Totalitarian leaders promise to rebuild their countries’ economies, honor, etc.
Mussolini’s train cars

5. Factor 2 Poverty = Desperation
The extreme poverty in Europe after WWI left people desperate for hope. People were willing to give up freedom for security.
FDR “People have grown tired of unemployment and insecurity. Finally, in desperation, they chose to sacrifice liberty in the hope of getting something to eat.”
In 1929, just as some of the European countries began to recover, the Great Depression hit. It was a worldwide depression.

7. Factor 3 Total War conditioned civilians to follow orders Rationing
Illegal to strike
The Draft
Etc.

8. Factor 4: Charismatic Leaders
Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini were great speakers
They used modern technology to get their message out (propaganda) and prevented other messages from getting out (censorship)
They promised a better life for their people and often delivered
Why would they be able to deliver?
Mussolini made the _________ run on time.

9. Willingness of Totalitarians to Use Fear and Violence
Factor 5:
Willingness of Totalitarians to Use Fear
and Violence
Secret Police
Gestapo
Mussolini’s “Black Shirts”
Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler and Franco all assassinated political rivals

10. Factor 6: Power of new technologies Radio Television Telephone lines
More powerful weapons
Transportation
Cars, trains, airplanes

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