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The use of a secret police proves that Mussolini oppressed people that opposed his rule.
Totalitarianism is the total control of a state under 1 ruler.
Horace Mann was an educational reformer who lived in the US in the 19th century. He was a first to advocate a system of a public schools and public education as he believed that everyone had a right to education and that it should be free, democratic and have a professionally trained educators who would provide a quality education.
I believe it was because the republicans did not want a large government and having a National Bank (I'm not sure if this is the bank you are talking about) would make the government even larger and they felt that it would take the power from the people.
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