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Related Issue 2: Chapter 5; Part 2 Flashcards

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In what ways can a totalitarian government establish complete control of all aspects of the state?

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Politically
Militarily
Economically
Socially
Culturally
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How can a totalitarian government become highly nationalistic?

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Through Flags, Salutes, Rallies and uniforms

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How can a totalitarian government create a military state?

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Through implementing secret police, an army and a military

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What will a totalitarian government censor?

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Opposing literature and ideas

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What means will a totalitarian government use to spread propaganda?

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Media: Radio, newspapers, posters

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What does the leader of a totalitarian govt act like?

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Very Chrismatic

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What type of govt’s use totalitarian regimes?

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  • Nazi Germany
  • Stalin’s Soviet Union
  • China under Mao Zedong
  • Cambodia under Khmer Rouge
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What is the goal of totalitarianism? And how was this achieved?

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To create a perfect society out of imperfect human beings required a high level of coercive control of every facet of life

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What is the goal of Authoritarian governments?

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To maintain control of existing society. Cercion is used against perceived enemies of the state

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How is the leader perceived in a totalitarianism government?

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The leader is perceived as wise, paternal and charasmatic

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What are the characteristics of a totalitarian government?

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  • Official, total and comprehensive
  • Exploits popular fears and prejudices
  • Ideology inspires and legitimates a revolutionary break from the past
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What does a totalitarian government use to convince the public to become elected?

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  • Provides a scapegoat for past wrongs
  • Explains present sacrifices
  • Promises a future of peace and plenty
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What is the political party like in a totalitarian govt?

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  • A single political party serves as the leader and promotes the ideology
  • Party becomes subservient to the leader
  • No opposing opinions allowed after time
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what does a totalitarian govt do against its enemies?

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Mobilizes against them

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How do totalitarian governments monitor and control citizens?

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Through secret police

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What kind of organizations do totalitarian govts take control of?

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Schools
The arts
Clubs
News
Media
Labour Unions
Universities
Churches
The economy
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What does the use of terror and violence do to a totalitarian society?

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  • Smooths the way to takeover
  • Creates an atmosphere of crisis and political instability
  • Dramatizes the inability of the old govt to provide security
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What do totalitarian govts do to people who they perceive as future rivals?

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They eliminate them out of paranoia

19
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What does violence do for dictators?

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  • Enhances a leaders status
  • Brings economic gain when they confiscate property of victims
  • Punishes political opponents by discourages future dissent
  • Destroys a group completely or solidifies support among other groups
20
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When is terror useful?

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In the short term

21
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What is the goal of terror?

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To produce extreme fear in populace to paralyze them into lack of resistance

22
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What are the characteristics of terror?

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  • Arbitrary and unpredictable

* Creates an emotional psychological state

23
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What is violence and terror in relation to resistance?

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Violence is a reaction to resistance while terror prevents resistance from ever happening

24
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What is a radical totalitarian regime?

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A complete rejection of the political economic traditions of the past, move to a classless society with state ownership

25
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What would be an example of radical totalitarianism?

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Former USSR

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What is a reactionary totalitarian regime?

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The change desired is a move toward a idealized past and acceptance of economic equality

27
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What is an example of a reactionary totalitarian regime?

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Nazi Regime

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What was Nazi Germany and the former USSR in relation to liberalism?

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Their totalitarianism was an attempt to hold off and reject the beliefs and values of liberalism

29
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What were the contributing factors to totalitarianism in Russia and Germany?

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Authoritarianism
Communism in Russia
Defeat of Germany in WW1

30
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What did the USSR flag have on it?

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A hammer and scythe

31
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What do the hammer and scythe represent?

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Industrialization and collectivized agriculture

32
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What does a swastika represent?

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Luck

33
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What are the commonalities between the USSR and Nazi Germany?

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  • New technologies made totalitarianism possible and allowed leader control
  • Turned away from the individual and limited democratic govts
  • Favored the collective
  • Both had one party rule

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