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Totalitarian States (Single-party dictatorship (Fascism (rejected…
Totalitarian States
Single-party dictatorship
Fascism
rejected democracy, socialism, and communism
Communism
State-sponsored terrorism
Peasant Resistance to the USSR
land was taken away for kolhoz
peasants burned crops and killed animals
thousands were killed
Great Purge
Reign of terror
targeted old Bolsheviks and party activists
show trials
Use of schools and media to indoctrinate
Italy: Fascist Youth
Germany: Hitler Youth
Unquestioning obedience to one ruler
Mussolini, "Il Duce"
Intense nationalism
used terror and force
individual meant nothing but the state meant everything
Stalin, "Man of Steel"
before Lenin's death, he was general secretary of the communist party
State control of the economy
USSR
farmers hoarded food
industry collapsed
output was only 20%
NEP - New Economic Policy
state control of banks, trade, industry
small businesses were allowed w less than 20 workers
Stalin's 5yr Plan
govt owned ALL business
high production goals
Police spies
Italy: Unrestricted authority to arrest and jail anyone
Strict censorship and control of the media
Italy: Could not criticize the Catholic Church, monarchy or state