What is totalitarianism? Name some key traits that will help you remember. Why did some people support totalitarian leaders after WWI?

Totalitarianism is a form of government, where when anyone speaks up against the government, they get shot. People supported totalitarian leaders like Hitler, because they believed (in Hitler's supporters case) that the Jews had stabbed Germany in the back after WWI, that communists had done the same, that the Treaty of Versailles was unfair to Germany, that the Weimar Republic was ineffective, that Germans were separated from each other (after the border changes of WWI), and thus should be reunited. They also believed that Hitler was some great savior of Germany.

the assassination of president lincoln was just one part of a larger plot to decapitate the federal government of the u.s. after the civil war. the first reaction to lincoln’s death was disbelief. then it quickly changed to grief. abraham lincoln’s death created an outpouring of grief from citizens in both the north and the south.

explanation:

lincoln was the first u.s. president to be assassinated. president abraham lincoln, america’s civil war leader, was assassinated just five days after confederate general robert e. lee surrendered his army at appomattox court house, ending the four-year war between the states. on the evening of april 14, 1865, lincoln was attending a performance of our american cousin at ford’s theatre in washington, d.c. john wilkes booth – a 26-year old actor, confederate sympathizer, and white supremacist – slipped into the presidential box and shot lincoln in the head. john wilkes booth and his conspirators had initially planned to kidnap lincoln to save the confederate states. but as the confederacy faltered, booth’s thoughts turned to murder. booth may have decided to act on his hatred after lincoln endorsed giving the right to vote to african-american men who had served in the union army.