The Rise of Totalitarian Leadership in Europe Review

The Rise of Totalitarian Leadership in Europe

Review o What was President Herbert Hoover’s contribution to the Global Depression of the 1930 s?

Review o What is the relationship between the hatred of Communism in the 1920 s and the increased acceptability of Communism during the Great Depression in America?

Totalitarianism o Create your own definition

Totalitarianism o Of, relating to, being, or imposing a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed

Totalitarianism o Make a list of characteristics in which you think would be associated with this type of government. o What specific things does the leader have control of?

Economic Troubles o Economic trouble in Italy, the Soviet Union, and Germany n n n Italy- 26% unemployment Germany- 30%+ unemployment, weak government Soviet Union- Revolution, new leadership

Economic Troubles o “Desperate times call for desperate measures” o Someone to take control of the situation n Benito Mussolini: Italy Joseph Stalin: Soviet Union Adolf Hitler: Germany

Question… o How could an event like the Great Depression lead to the rise of totalitarian governments?