Guided Reading 24-2
By 1939, only France and Great Britain remained (1)______________. Other states fell to (2) ______________ forms of government. A (3) ______________ state is a government that aims to control the political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural lives of its citizens. Totalitarian states wanted to (4) ______________ the hearts and the minds of their subjects. The (5) ______________ will of he masses was organized and determined by the leader.
(6) ______________ glorifies the state above the individual by emphasizing the need for strong central government led by a dictator. (7) ______________ established the first European Fascist movement in Italy. The middle-class fear of (8) ______________, communism, and (9) ______________ made the Fascist increasingly attractive to many people. Mussolini created a (10) ______________ police force, the OVRA, to watch citizens’ (11) ______________ activities and enforce government policies.
In 1922, Lenin and the (12) ______________ formally created a new state called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. At Lenin’s death, Leon Trotsky wanted to launch Russia on a path of rapid (13) ______________and to spread communism abroad. Another group wanted to focus on building a (14) ______________ states in Russia. Party General Secretary, (15) ______________, gained complete control of the Communist Party.
A number of governments in the Western world were not totalitarian but were (16) ______________. Led by General (17) ______________ , Spanish military forces revolted against the democratic government in 1936.