USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

TREATY OF VERSAILLES

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A ____ state is characterized by having a leader who controls every aspect of a country, usually using ____

(A) Democratic; force

(B) ** Totalitarian; force

(C) Totalitarian; fairness

(D) Democratic; fairness

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Concept note-1: -Totalitarianism is a form of government that attempts to assert total control over the lives of its citizens. It is characterized by strong central rule that attempts to control and direct all aspects of individual life through coercion and repression. It does not permit individual freedom.

Concept note-2: -Totalitarianism is a form of government and a political system that prohibits all opposition parties, outlaws individual and group opposition to the state and its claims, and exercises an extremely high if not complete degree of control and regulation over public and private life.

Concept note-3: -The main characteristics of totalitarian states included complete control of the media, centralized power, strict cultural rules, limited individual freedoms, planned economies, and mass propaganda.