SGQ4

QW's:


1. “The aims and policies of single-party state rulers rarely followed their declared ideology.” To what extent do you agree with this assertion?
2. Compare and contrast the rise to power of two rulers of single-party states, each chosen from a different region.


MWH 309-318


1. What did National Socialism stand for?
A. What were the movements four general principles?

i. a way of life dedicated to the rebirth of the nation

ii. ruthel;essly efficient organisation of all aspects of the lives of the masses

iii. entire stste must be organised on miulitary footing

iv. race theory was vitally important
B. What evidence suggests Nazism was a "natural development of German history"?
i. extension of german traditions and militarism



ii. final stage of western capitalism



C . What evidence suggests Nazism was a "distortion of normal development" of German history?

Hitler's personal contribution, he wanted to break away from the past and create something new.

D . What evidence suggests Nazism was a bit of both?

Hitler was neither a loogical or accidental catalyst


2. How did Hitler consolidate his power?
A. Actions leading up to the March election of 1933

i. nazis use the media to rally the masses

ii. nazi officals replace police officials

iii. all other party meetings were banned
B. The Reichstag fire

i. what happened?

a member of the coomunist party burt a building and Hitler used this to create fear of the communists

ii. what did it mean?

the nazis probably had a hand in the fire themselves

3. How was Hitler able to stay in power?
A. What was the Enabling Law?

Hitler was a complete dictator for the next four years

B. How did the Enabling Law pass?

The SS and SA intimidated the the Reichstag into signing the document

C. What was gleichschaltung?

a policy forcing all citizems to coordinate with the nazis
D. What were the characteristics of gleichschaltung?
i. one party state

ii. Nazi Special Commisioner

iii. civil service was purged

iv. trade unions were replaced with the German Labour Front

v. education was closely controlled and the Hitler youth were born

vi. special family policy

vii. all communications and media are controlled by the minister of propoganda

viii. How was the economic life of the country organized?

a. telling industrialists what to produce

b. moving workers around to where they were needed

c. encouraging farmers to increase their yields

d. control of food prices and rents

e. control foreign exchanges to avoid inflation

f. public works

g. force other countries to buy german goods

h. manufacturing synthetic materials to avoid reliance of other countries

i. increase military budget

ix. How was religion handled?

a. Catholics

they get no say in politics but the nazis will be nice

b. Protestants
they got taken over completely by the nazis

x. germany is a police state, concentration camps



xi. Anti-Semitism

a. how was it legalized?

under the Nuremburg Laws

b. examples of the law being carried out

1. jews are not citizens

2. they canm't marry nonjews

3. if a grandparent was a jew, you are too



E. How popular were Hitler's policies?

i. personal appeal -

hitler seemed to be offreing action and a great new gremany

ii. unemployment -

he was succesful in eliminating unemployment

iii. working people -

care was taken to support the workers

iv. upper class -

the wealthy were delighted with the nazis

v. farmers -

gradually warmed up to hitlker

vi. the Army -
a. officers -

they liked him because he made them strong

b. lower ranks -

he made sure they were involved too

c. Night of Long Knives -
the SS destroys the SA
vii. foreign policy -



was a brilliant success