Totalitarianism is a political system where the state has unlimited authority over public and private life. Some examples of totalitarian governments included the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin, Italy under Benito Mussolini, Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler, and Japan under Hideki Tojo during World War 2. Currently, North Korea is considered a totalitarian state, while the United States Constitution prohibits totalitarian aspects of government control over citizens.

1. TOTALITARIAN
GOVERNMENT
KAYLA MCGINNIS

2. What is Totalitarianism?
Totalitarianism is a political system where the state recognizes
no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of
of public and private life whenever feasible.

3. Think of it this way...
In a totalitarian government, the attitude is something like, “If
you don’t do what we say, we’ll shoot you.”

4. Some countries who were
under a totalitarian or
similar government...
Soviet Union
1928 - 1991
Broke into 15 separate countries
Joseph Stalin (right) industrialized the Soviet Union, and was in
charge during WWII.

5. Italy
Italy
1919 - 1945
Went back to its original government at the end of WWII
Benito Moussolini was a major contributor to fascism, which was
Italy’s version of totalitarianism.

6. Germany
1925 - 1945
Adolf Hitler ran Nazi Germany, turning it into a secure
totalitarian government which people found security in after the
messy years after WWI.
At the end of WWII, Germany went back to its original
government.

7. Japan
1938- 1944
Hideki Tojo was mostly in charge of this movement.
Japan’s government, by this time, had taken on some very
totalitarian aspects.
This ended in 1944, after Japan surrendered in WWII.

8. Currently...
North Korea is a totalitarian government.

9. In the U.S.
The U.S. is a free country,as of now. The Constitution forbids
nearly all aspects of totalitarianism.

10. Sources:
http://fresno.k12.ca.us/divdept/sscience/history/
totalitarianism.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/totalitarianism