What was a totalitarian state, and how did totalitarian states gain the support of a country's citizens?

Totalitarianism is a form of government in which the national government takes control of all aspects of both public and private life, often led by a charismatic leader and only one party. To control their populations, these governments often employed:

Rule through fear

Censorship of media

Propaganda in media,

government speeches and through education

Criticism of the state is prohibited

Mandatory military sign up

Secret police forces

Controlling reproduction of the population

Targeting of specific religious or political populations

union blockade

explanation:

the union blockade in the american civil war was a naval strategy by the united states to prevent the confederacy from trading.

the blockade was proclaimed by president abraham lincoln in april 1861, and required the monitoring of 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of atlantic and gulf coastline, including 12 major ports, notably new orleans and mobile. those blockade runners fast enough to evade the union navy could only carry a small fraction of the supplies needed. they were operated largely by british citizens, making use of neutral ports such as havana, nassau and bermuda. the union commissioned around 500 ships, which destroyed or captured about 1,500 blockade runners over the course of the war.