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The Rise of Totalitarian States

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The Rise of Totalitarian States. Focus Question:. How has the United States attempted to handle the economic crisis that landed in 2008?. Rise of Totalitarian States. During the 1920s, Totalitarian governments were on the rise Massive economic turmoil

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  1. The Rise of Totalitarian States

  2. Focus Question: • How has the United States attempted to handle the economic crisis that landed in 2008?

  3. Rise of Totalitarian States During the 1920s, Totalitarian governments were on the rise • Massive economic turmoil • Civil unrest and rioting within the country • Loss in the First World War • Desire to rebuild national greatness

  4. Characteristics • Single-party dictatorship • Strong, charismatic leader • State control over the economy • Use of police, spies, and terror to maintain control • Government control of media • Use of schools and youth groups to spread propaganda

  5. Totalitarian states • Soviet Union (Stalin) • Dominated by the Communists • Italy (Mussolini) • Dominated by the Fascists • Germany (Hitler) • Dominated by the Nazi Party • Japan (Military Leaders)

  6. Rise of Nazi Germany • Nazism built on a strong sense of German destiny • All Germans should live in one country • EinVolk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer • One People, One Country, One Leader • Germans (Aryans) a “Master Race”, destined to rule • To thrive, Germans needed living space (Lebensraum)

  7. Nazi rise to power • Attempted abortive putsch in 1923 • Armed revolt did not work • Ideas outlined in Mein Kampf (My Struggle) • Use democratic means to suborn democracy • Played on desperation of the German people • “stabbed In the back by traitors” • Promised economic stability • Promised greatness

  8. Gained popularity • Use of simple arguments and nationalist imagery • Continued to gain seats in the Reichstag • By 1932, the Nazis were the largest party in the Reichstag • Nazis demanded Hitler be appointed Chancellor (Head of Government)

  9. Seized control • Reichstag fire, February 1933 • Used as an excuse to take power • Banned left-wing political parties • Passed the Enabling Act, giving the cabinet legislative power • Assumed control

  10. Expansion • Slowly overturned Versailles • Reoccupied the Rhineland (1936) • Rebuilt German army • Anschluss (unification) of Austria (1938) • Turned sights of the Sudetenland