The Great Dictator

Union. Stalin’s true “cult of personality” showed itself when tens of thousands of Soviet citizens travelled to Moscow in order to see and pay respects to Stalin’s body. Soviet citizens wept in the streets and left roses and wreaths for the deceased dictator. After Stalin’s the party had to decide what their next actions were going to be. Post-Stalin leadership was very nervous of Soviet people and did not want Stalin’s death to send them into mass hysteria. There was a radical shift away from…

FDR was “step by step” taking over America by first, reorganizing the government, second supreme court revision, and lastly taking the position of the first American Dictator (Warren). This was thought because FDR's plan was to add more justices to the Supreme Court, the problem they had with this was that by doing this FDR would be pinpointing all the justices that were in favor of him and the result would allow him…

rise to power. The size of the Nazi Party at its formation was infinitesimal in comparison to the powerhouse it grew into. Its surge to power was not a result of simply violence and hard-power utilization, but rather due to effective strategy and a great deal of luck. The economic and socio-political devastation that stemmed from World War I incited the collapse of German society and the Weimar Republic, allowing Hitler to effectively craft propaganda to promote his policies to a highly…

Adolf Hitler, like many hellish dictators, was a natural born leader, exhibiting qualities like manipulative public speaking skills. “Almost from the moment Adolf Hitler stepped behind the crude lectern placed atop the head table the audience was ‘electrified’” (Toland). It was then that people realized he would have a paramount impact on Germany in the future. Hitler fed the people what they wished to consume as the crescendo to power began to branch. The stock market crash in the United States…

Corps which provided work for the young. The Works Progress Administration. Which conducted large public works. It gave jobs to about 2 million people and kept them busy on projects such as schools, roads, Dams, community schemes etc Rockefeller’s The Great Depression…

Democrat and Dictator Franklin Roosevelt focused on the financial difficulties that the United States faced. The taxes were increased, yet the people were unemployed with little means to pay the taxes. “ More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence, and an equally great number toil with little return” (Roosevelt, 1933). Franklin Roosevelt’s task was to stimulate the economy and decrease the unemployment rate. “Our greatest primary task is to put people to…

The Great Escape: End of the Great Depression The end of World War I marked the beginning of a period defined by American optimism. A trio of Republican presidents from Harding to Hoover (1921-1933) re-established free market capitalism and brought endless waves of prosperity. Unemployment rate reached 3%, and Americans believed dreams would never end. However, the Great Depression in the 1930’s crushed these dreams, driving unemployment to a high 25%. But, Americans found hope in the election…

suffered under a great depression in 1929, enduring poverty and completely lost confidence. Especially Hoover’s ‘do nothing policy’ made the economy worse. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected as president in 1933 and promised to end this depression. He introduced the New Deal as one of his main policy and aimed the goal of relief, recovery, and reform in the society and the economy. The democrats and the supporters of the New Deal says that it played a significant role in reducing a great number…

vacuum inside the Communist Party, which held the power in the newly formed Soviet Union. The hole that Lenin left was filled by Joseph Stalin, a revolutionary who had been a steadfast ally of Lenin for the past two decades. Effectively operating as a dictator, Stalin instituted an ideology and policies collectively known as “Stalinism” that allowed him to lead the country without any opposition. This was radically different from…

Franklin D.Roosevelt- Hope for America President Roosevelt made his mark in America’s history as a gifted leader while serving during a time of great economic crisis. He was elected to an unprecedented four terms as President due to his popularity. No doubt the Great Depression had affected the Republicans chances for election in 1932 which was Roosevelt’s first term in office as President. The movement seems to be more anti-Hoover than pro-Roosevelt at the time due to the economic depression…