League of Nation- world wide peace
- weakness: did not have a mility.
- US did not join it
- required annoyous vote.
Define totalititarasim:- government has all the power
Nazisim is an ex. of totalitiarasim..
Why did totalititarasim come about in the 1920s and 1930s?
1. Post-war depression
-high inflation
-1923 420 trillion marks to one US dollar
-high enemploymant
-democratic governments struggled to end depression
2. New nations had no experience with democratic government
2. Democracy brought about a lot of political parites
4. Unhappy with the results of WWI
-wanted revenge
Characteristics of Totalitarian Regimes
1. Tried to control poeple of country through fear and intimidation
-secret police force and military
2. Propaganda campaigns promoting the party
-press censorship and control of media
3. Educating the young in the ways of totalitaranism
-militarism, nationalism, imperialism, and history of country
4. Government controlled the economy
-USSR completely
-Germany and Italy partially
5. All preached about the unfairness of WWI
6. Leader became iconized
-status and painting
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