Rise of dictatorships and Nazi ideology

Question 1

Paris Peace conference
consequences

Answer 1

Creation of the league of nations and harsh German penalties

Question 2

Treaty of Versailles consequences

Answer 2

Harsh enonomic, territorial, and military reperations

Question 3

Treaty of Saint-Germain consequences

Answer 3

Dismantled Austria - Hungary

Question 4

Treaty of Brest-litovsk consequences

Answer 4

Ended hostilities between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers.

Question 5

Treaty of Trainon consequences

Answer 5

Ended WW1 for Hungary, dismantling it and losing 2 thirds of its population

Question 6

Treaty of Neuilly consequences

Answer 6

Ended WW1 for Bulgaria, imposing harsh penalties

Question 7

Treaty of Sevres consequences

Answer 7

Dismantled the Ottoman empire

Question 8

Italy dictatorship

Answer 8

Established a fascist nationalist dictatorship in Italy, promising national revival and militarism

Question 9

Soviet Union dictatorship

Answer 9

After Lenin’s death, Joseph Stalin consolidated power, creating a totalitarian communist regime.

Question 10

Germany dictatorship

Answer 10

Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rose to power, exploiting grievances over the Treaty of Versailles and economic crises, differing from other fascist dictatorships in it’s hatred for Jewish people

Question 11

Japan dictatorship

Answer 11

The emperor was a symbolic figurehead, but the power lay with the military leaders, leading Japan towards expansionism and the Second World War.

Question 12

Why dictatorships arose

Answer 12

Economic instability, public anger, failure of democratic systems.

Question 13

Nazi consolidation of power - Order of events

Answer 13

Creation of the Nazi Party, Beer hall putsch, Mein Kampf, collapse of the Weimer republic, 1903, and 1932 elections, Hitler as chancellor, Reichstag fire, 1933 election, Enabling Act, Civil Service, Night of the Long Knives, and Hindenburg’s death

Question 14

Nature of Nazi ideology

Answer 14

Racial superiority and anti-Semitism, nationalism and Volksgemeinschaft, anti-Communism and anti-democracy, militarism, cult of strength, Fuhrerprinzip, social Darwinism, propaganda.

Question 15

Herman Goring

Answer 15

Hermann Göring was a senior Nazi leader. He played a key role in consolidating Nazi power, organizing the Gestapo, and implementing economic policies. He was an overseer for the early holocaust

Question 16

Joseph Goebells

Answer 16

Germany’s Minister of Propaganda. He orchestrated mass propaganda campaigns to promote Nazi ideology, glorify Hitler, and demonize Jews and other enemies.

Question 17

Heinrich Himmler

Answer 17

head of the SS (Schutzstaffel) and chief architect of the Holocaust. He oversaw the Gestapo, concentration camps, and extermination policies targeting Jews and other groups.

Question 18

Ernst Rohm

Answer 18

Initially a close friend and early ally of Adolf Hitler, Röhm was the co-founder and leader of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the Nazi Party’s original paramilitary wing, which played a significant role in Adolf Hitler’s rise to power.

Question 19

Sources

Answer 19

Treaty of Versailles, Mein Kampf, Enabling Act, Nuremburg laws, Reichstag fire decree, Nazi propaganda materials, 25 point program, Weimar constitution

Question 20

Reichstag

Answer 20

German parliment

Question 21

Gleichschaltung

Answer 21

Coordination; aligning all institutions with Nazi ideology.

Question 22

Volksgemeinschaft

Answer 22

People’s community; Nazi vision of a racially pure society.

Question 23

SA (Sturmabteilung)

Answer 23

Storm Detachment; Nazi paramilitary force (Brownshirts).

Question 24

Lebensraum

Answer 24

Living space; territorial expansion for the Aryan race.

Question 25

Führerprinzip

Answer 25

Leader principle; absolute authority of the Führer.

Question 26

Key historians

Answer 26

Ian Kershaw
Richard J. Evans
Timothy Snyder
Alan Bullock
William Shirer