Totalitarianism Flashcards
What does totalitarianism mean
A gov that takes total control
What were the highest valued prizes to western democracies that totalitarianism challenges
Reason, freedom, human dignity, and worth of the indivisual
Totalitarianism leaders methods of control and persuasion
Terror, forcing people by to follow, propaganda, censorship
How did Stalins police state maintain his power
- Spying
- Intimidating them
- Brutal force or murder
What is the great purge
Campaign of terror directed at eliminating anyone who threatened his power
How many deaths do historians say stalin is responsible for
8-13 million
What happened to college professors who questions the communist party
Risked losing their jobs or faced imprisonment
How far behind did stalin say the soviet union was
50-100 years
What is a command economy
Gov made all economic decisions
What was stalins 1st 5 year plan designed to do
Increase the out put of steel, coal, oil, and electricity
To meet the impossible goals set by stalin what did the gov put limits on
Production if comsumer goals
What was collective farming
Large government owned farms
How did many peasents resist the collective farms
Killed livestock and destroyed crops
What is a kulak
Class of wealthy peasents
Womans lives under stalin
Woman worked the same as men
