1920's Totalitarianism (Nazism, Fascism, & Communism)

Question 1

What is a totalitarian government?

Answer 1

A government that expands its influence over a state by controlling all aspects of the state through methods of oppression and censorship.

Question 2

What allowed Hitler to enter his way as Germany’s chancellor?

Answer 2

Germany was economically weak and its national morale was gone. Adolf Hitler promised national prosperity and economic stability.

Question 3

What were the 3 objectives of Nazi Germany’s foreign policy?

Answer 3

• Eugenics
• undoing the Treaty of Versailles
• expansion of territory

Question 4

How did Benito Mussolini come from a persecuted socialist into Italy’s Prime Minister and leader of the Fascist Party in Italy?

Answer 4

Benito Mussolini transitioned political ideologies from being a socialist into being a fascist. He organized the civil chaos to pressure the Italian government into dissolving Parliament. The Fascist Party would then be elected and Mussolini would lead as Italy’s Prime Minister.

Question 5

What did Mussolini want to achieve by trying to expand his territory?

Answer 5

He thought he could turn Italy into a modern Roman empire.

Question 6

What actions made Hideki Tojo’s foreign policy seem “aggressive”?

Answer 6

He refused to withdraw troops in other parts of Asia and pushed for the bombings of foreign powers he disliked (United State’s Pearl Harbor, China, Communist Russia)

Question 7

How did Joseph Stalin rise to power in Russia?

Answer 7

Joseph Stalin worked discreetly in the Bolshevik Party before their Revolution and succeeded Vladimir Lenin as Communist Russia’s leader.