Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin (Totalitarianism)

Which of the following was NOT a reason there was social unrest in Italy after WW 1

• People had too much money

• There was high inflation

• Unemployment was very high

• Industrial workers and peasants were striking and taking over property from middle class

How did the blackshirts restore law and order?

• Spoke to the offenders

• Used violence to stop striking workers and attacked communists

• Ran for political office to create new laws

What title did Mussolini give himself?

• Prime Minister

• The Fuhrer

• Il Duce

• President

What is the best definition of Fascism?

• An extreme form of nationalistic militarism

• An ideology that guaranteed basic rights for all citizens

• An ideology that got rid of social classes

Which accurately describes the March on Rome?

• Mussolini and the National Fascist Party marched to Rome, and King Victor Emmanuel III invited Mussolini to discuss his demands

• Communists and Socialists declared an ill-prepared general strike, which was stopped easily by fascists and government troops

• Civilians outraged by abolition of universal suffrage marched on Rome to take back their kingdom from Mussolini

• A parade held in Mussolini's honor was marched all the way to Rome

How was Mussolini able to convince the King that he needed emergency powers?

• Claimed that Italy faced a Nationalist threat

• Claimed that he wanted to be a dictator

• Claimed that Italy faced a Communist threat

Which goal did Joseph Stalin establish for the Soviet Union?

• becoming an industrial power

• creating a golden age of culture

• instituting a parliamentary monarchy

• easing tensions using détente

Forced famine in Ukraine (1932–1933) was a direct result of...

• Czar Nicholas’s involvement in World War I

• Vladmir Lenin’s New Economic Policy

• Joseph Stalin’s collectivization

• Nikita Khrushchev’s removal from power

What is a totalitarian state?

• an economy with private ownership of businesses
• a state in which people have control over businesses
• a state in which the government controls every aspect of public and private lives
• a state in which the working class is glorified

All are true regarding totalitarianism EXCEPT:

• Control of public and private life is key
• Methods of control include police terror, indocrination, propaganda, and censorship
• It incorporates dictatorship and one party rule
• A weak and unappealing leader divides the people