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The Rise of Totalitarianism

The Rise of Totalitarianism. Two Ways to Keep Control. Vocabulary to Know. Totalitarianism. A system of government where the state has absolute power and control over all aspects of civilian life. Communism.

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The Rise of Totalitarianism

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  1. The Rise of Totalitarianism

  2. Two Ways to Keep Control

  3. Vocabulary to Know

  4. Totalitarianism • A system of government where the state has absolute power and control over all aspects of civilian life.

  5. Communism • A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people. • Totalitarian

  6. Fascism • A system of government that promotes nation and often race above the individual • Totalitarian

  7. Anti-Semitism • Prejudice or hatred towards Jews

  8. Inflation • An increase in the price you pay for goods

  9. Appeasement • Adiplomatic policy aimed at avoiding war by making concessions to an aggressor.

  10. Isolationism • A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups or nations.

  11. Brief Overview of the Unit

  12. ' 22 Oct 1922 Aug 1926 Jun 1930 Apr 1934 Feb 1938 Dec 1941 Oct 1945 Aug 1949 ' 53 Japan Invades Manchuria Nanking Massacre 9/19/31 12/13/37 Mussolini Rules in Italy 10/31/22 7/25/43 Stalin Rules in Russia 1/1/29 3/5/53 The Great Depression 10/29/29 12/31/39 Hitler Rules in Germany 1/30/33 4/30/45 Franco Rules in Spain 10/1/36 3/5/53 World War II Begins 9/1/39 9/2/45 Made with Office Timeline 2010 www.officetimeline.com

  13. Essential Questions • What is the Gulag and why were people sent there? • Define totalitarianism and provide two characteristics found in most totalitarian governments. • What is Fascism and why did it rise to power in the placesthat it did?

  14. Communism in the Soviet Union

  15. Stalin • Leader of the SovietUnion from 1929-1953 • Totalitarian • Ruthlessly Held Power

  16. How Many Died? • 20 Million on a Low Estimate • 60 Million on a High Estimate

  17. Cheka/NKVD/KGB • Secret Police • Gathered Intelligence • Ran the GulagSystem

  18. The Gulag • Consisted of 476separate laborcamps

  19. Who was sent to the Gulag? • Kulaks (Rich Farmers) • “Bloodsuckers, vampires, plunderers of the people and profiteers, who fatten on famine.” – Lenin • Supporters of another political party. • Former Bolshevik party members. • Soviet POWs (Soviets caught by Germany during WWII) and deserters • Hard criminals (robbers, rapists, murderers) • Soft criminals (petty theft, being late to work) • Families and friends of “criminals”

  20. Have you ever been late to work or school? • In the Stalin era, a person who arrived late to work three times could be sent to the Gulag for three years.

  21. Have you ever told a joke about a government official? • In the Stalin era, many were sent to the Gulag for up to 25 years for telling an innocent joke about a Communist Party official.

  22. If your family was starving, would you take a few potatoes left in a field after harvest? • In the Stalin era, a person could be sent to the Gulag for up to ten years for such petty theft.

  23. Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLC860A0D2560FF880&feature=player_embedded&v=iz8afvfbY8E

  24. The Purges • The Great Purge from 1936-1938 • Kulaks, clergymen, counterrevolutionaries

  25. The Holodomor • Occurred in Ukraine between 1932 and 1933 • Caused by famine. • 3-7 million people died. • 23 million in the country total in 1931! • Millions more of unborn children due to malnourishment.

  26. Video • http://youtu.be/9JAiUcqy3lM?t=3m53s

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