Stalin,+Hitler,+and+Mussolini+policies

Drew Davis

__Stalin__ __Hitler__ __Mussolini__
 * gained power by killing of old Bolsheviks andall other political enemies
 * kept all people weak and poor except for himself
 * Five Year Plan - change Russia from agriculture to industrial country; modernized Russia
 * more people have jobs; low pay; many hours
 * collectivization - eliminate private farms and push people into collective farms
 * people had limited rights
 * many people killed but Stalin made people believe that it was not his fault
 * propaganda
 * CHEKA
 * Purges
 * Political Opponents
 * Army - many top officers shot and killed
 * Church - imprisoned religious leaders
 * Ethnic Groups
 * Ordinary people
 * very racist, especially against Jews, and expressed it in Meinf Kamp
 * leader of Nazi party and made party become very prestigous
 * used sense of nationalism to gain more and more power
 * SS; secret police to kill all those who opposed him
 * Kristallnacht and Nuremburg Laws where basically Jews singled out and separarted from German Society and many of their houses, Synagogues, and stores destroyed
 * Made Germans believed they were disgraced in Treaty of Versailles and were the pure race
 * used propaganda
 * Kraft durch Freude (strength through joy) - coordinate free time of working class by offering variety of leisure activities
 * kept people happy and made them always busy
 * way for government to "watch" what the people were doing
 * leader of Fascist party in Italy
 * became prime minister of Italy
 * used violence to those who opposed him
 * squadristi - armed bands of fascists
 * Faked March on Rome to gain more power
 * OVRA - secret police
 * propaganda
 * Young Fascists - Organization to teach young people about fascism
 * military routines
 * contests
 * summer and winter camps
 * gave prizes to women who had many children
 * Lateran Accords to get Catholic Church on his side
 * Dopolavoro - estavlished mass leisure activites
 * government controlled
 * way for government to keep close eye on people and keep them busy

"The Rise of Totalitarianism." //World History, Culture, and Geography,// Adobe GoLive, n.d. Web. 25 April 2011. [].