Unit 7 Study Guide - Braden Social Studies 2023

The government's aims to control the political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural lives of its citizens.

• nationalism

• fascism

• Nazi

• totalitarian state

These regimes pushed the central state's power far beyond what it had been in the past. These regimes wanted more than passive obedience; they wanted to conquer the minds and hearts of their subjects.

• nationalism

• fascism

• Nazi

• totalitarian state

They were led by a single leader and a single party. They rejected the ideal of limited government power and the guarantee of individual freedoms.

• nationalism

• fascism

• Nazi

• totalitarian state

individual freedom was subordinated to the collective will of the masses as determined by the leader. The masses were expected to be actively involved in achieving the state’s goals. 

• nationalism

• fascism

• Nazi

• totalitarian state

Benito Mussolini was the first to set up this movement.

• nationalism

• fascism

• Nazi

• totalitarian state

This group glorifies the state above the individual by emphasizing the need for a strong central government led by a dictatorial ruler. The government controls the people and stifles any opposition.

• nationalism

• fascism

• Nazi

• totalitarian state

In 1926, this group outlawed all other political parties in Italy and set up a secret police, known as the OVRA.

• nationalism

• fascism

• Nazi

• totalitarian state

By the end of the year (1926), this group ruled Italy as Il Duce (eel DOO • chay), "The Leader."

• nationalism

• fascism

• Nazi

• totalitarian state

This group hoped to create a nation of new Italians who were fit, disciplined, and war-loving. This was especially evident in their policies on women. They portrayed the family as the pillar of the state. Seen as the foundation of the family, women were to be homemakers and mothers. These roles were "their natural and fundamental mission in life."

• nationalism

• fascism

• Nazi

• totalitarian state

This regime also recognized Catholicism as the "sole religion of the State." In return, the Catholic Church urged Italians to support this regime. 

• nationalism

• fascism

• Nazi

• totalitarian state