AP European History
Hancock
THE RISE AND POWER OF AUTHORITARIAN DICTATORS IN 1930S EUROPE
SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES
Directions:
We will examine the major authoritarian dictators who came to power in the late 20s in Europe. Complete the Similarities and Differences chart.
STALIN
How they came to power.
Economic policies
Social policies
Use of totalitarian tactics
Ex. Secret police
Militarism as a policy/goal
HITLER
MUSSOLINI
Similarities
STALIN
HITLER
MUSSOLINI
Use of mass media and
propaganda to execute
policy and keep power
Use of laws and institutions
of government to execute
policy and keep power.
Other
Prompt: Analyze the ways in which technology and mass culture contributed to the success of dictators in the 1920s and 1930s
1.
2.
Deconstruct the prompt – 4 steps
Write a thesis paragraph and provide 5 specific pieces of evidence that you would use in body paragraphs.
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EVIDENCE
Similarities