HIST 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Benito Mussolini, Totalitarianism, Utopia
2 Dec 2016
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Economy so far down that people seek desperate measures to attempt to resolve these problems. Attempt to solve the great depression through government spending & government involvement in the economy. If people are unemployed, the federal government will employ them. New deal doesn"t solve the great depression. Roosevelt tried to solve the economic problem in a peaceful way. Lenin dies & a new leader is needed. Most important rival for power: leon trotsky. Would have been a kinder, gentler communist leader. Trotsky escapes the soviet union to mexico city. People kill him via driving a railroad spike through his head. Promising the people of italy a return to glory. Socialist: social connection between people (social gatherings) Hitler & his army attempting to overthrow the government. Three things hitler will do if he becomes leader of germany: Economy needs to be strong for anyone else to survive. Publicly pronounces that the treaty of versailles is kaput.
