Author Question: Which leader first used the term totalitarian? a. Benito Mussolini b. Mao Zedong c. Francisco ... (Read 191 times)

sdfghj · **on:** Sep 12, 2019

Question 1

Which statement best characterizes totalitarian states in the 1930s?

a. They were democratic and championed individualism and democratic freedoms.
b. They were all-compassing, authoritarian dictatorships that subordinated individual needs, and employed police power and mass propaganda to achieve total control.
c. They limited their authoritarian dictates to the political and economic aspects of the state's affairs, in an effort to have freer social and cultural choices serve as means of placating the masses.
d. They wanted the masses to rule in all aspects of governance.
e. They depended upon the appeasement policies of the Eastern democracies.

Question 2

Which leader first used the term totalitarian?

a. Benito Mussolini
b. Mao Zedong
c. Francisco Franco
d. Adolf Hitler
e. General Franco