Delivering+the+message+Mao+and+Hitler

__The Model__
 * Speeches/ How the message was delivered
 * Propaganda
 * How did they relate?
 * Opposition

__Mao__
 * Mao gave long, passionate speeches. Also spread the message to the youth of China.
 * Distributed the Little Red Book, which contained his political ideology. KMT Trooops were subjected to communist propaganda and and began to switch to communism. Once Mao gained power, he diaplayed large posters of himself all throughout China.[[image:file:///Users/Allison/Desktop/Propaganda_16.jpg]][[image:http://www.iisg.nl/landsberger/images/pla51.jpg]]
 * Mao grew up as the child of a peasant farmer. He organized peasant associations, so he started with a large base of people wh ohe could spread communism to. Mao proposed reforms the peasants were passionate about, such as better working conditions.
 * Chang essentally drive supporters into Mao's open arms. The KMT tried to scare the population into support. Instead, they ran to Communism. Once Mao took power, he eliminated all opposition using terror. This ensured no other policies of revolution reached the public of China.

__Hitler__
 * Hitler was a great orator. He gave many, widely publicised speeches. Also, the Hitler Youth was a common activity for children in Germany when Hitler was in power.
 * Mein Kampf, Hitler's book can be considered propaganda because he used it to gain supporters. Also, there was a daily newspaper published by the Nazi Party. They created enemys out of the supporters of the Treaty of Versailles to unite the country with a common enemy. Another major form of propaganda used by Nazi Germany was the use of propaganda posters.
 * They created enemys out of the supporters of the Treaty of Versailles to unite the country with a common enemy.
 * Once Hitler gained power, he used terror to eliminate all opposition.

__Similarities__
 * Both used terror to eliminate opposition.
 * Both Mao and Hitler spread their message to the youth.
 * Both used large amounts of propaganda.
 * Both gave long passionate speeches.