Rise of Dictators

1. Rise of Dictators

2. Totalitarian State • The Totalitarian state was a government that aims to control the political, social intellectual and cultural lives of its citizens. • They wanted to conquer the minds and hearts of their subjects.

3. Facism in Italy • Benito Moussolini set up the first European facist movement in Italy. • Dubbed himself “LL Duce” ell-doo-chay • Means the “leader”

4. Facism • Facism glorifies the state above the individual by emphasizing the need for a strong central government lead by a dictator. In a facist state the government controls the people and stifles any opposition.

5. Facism • Mussolini used nationalistic appeals to gain power and demand more land in Italy. • The Facist propaganda used on the radio, newspapers, and in film molded Italians into single minded beings.

6. Communism in Russia • Under leader Vladimir Lenin the Soviet Union implemented the “new Economic Policy.” • It was modified capitalism in which big factories and industries were owned by the state and small businesses were owned independently

7. Communism in Russia • Lenin formed what was known as “the Union of the Soviet socialist Republics” or the USSR…

8. Communism in Russia • Although Russia had made great progress, in 1924 Lenin died, and a power struggle in the Politburo or the communist parties main policy making body split the country

9. Power struggle • Two main figures emerged in this power struggle: • Joseph Stalin and Leon Trosky