Totalitarianism

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Totalitarianism

• A form of government

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Totalitarianism and Power

• Held by the one party
• Led by a dictator

1 Total Control
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Totalitarianism and Personal Freedom

• All aspects of society are controlled by the
  party
• No dissent is allowed

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Totalitarianism Positive and Negative

• Orderly
• Very limited personal freedom
• Limited innovation

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Forms of Totalitarianism

• Communism
• Fascism
• Nazism

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Totalitarian Leaders

• Benito Mussolini (Il Duce)
• Ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943
• Political system was Fascism

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Benito Mussolini
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Totalitarian Leaders

• Adolf Hitler
• Ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945
• Political system was Nazism

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Adolf Hitler
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Totalitarian Leaders

• Josef Stalin
• Ruled the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953
• Political system was communism

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Joseph Stalin