Authoritarian States
How to make enemies and murder mass amounts of
people
What is a totalitarian state?
Give your best definition of a totalitarian state.
- What characteristics does a totalitarian state have?
- What factors have to be in place, in order for a
Totalitarian/Authoritarian state to come to power?
- Can an authoritarian state be good for its people?
1) Take Cornell Notes
Read the Article
2) List 2 Main Ideas
3) How does it support your
previous viewpoint?
4) How does it add to your
previous viewpoint?
Hitler
Conditions that contributed to
his rise to power
Impact of War
Economic Factors
Social Division
Weakness of Political System
Hitler
Focus Question:
Was democracy a desired by the
masses, or was it a scheme by the
military leaders Hindenburg and
Ludendorff so that punishment
would be lessened after the war?
Explain Using Stage 1.
Focus Question
Stage One
Was the Constitution of 1919 a
hinderance to a successful
democratic system? Explain Using
Stage 2.
Focus Question:
What role did economics play in
polarizing and brutalizing German
political life? Is AJP Taylor’s view
that, “only the Great Depression put
the wind into the sails of National
Socialism” accurate? Explain Using
Stage 2
Focus Question
How significant was the Nazi’s 25Point Program in generating popular
support among the masses? Explain
Using “The NSDAP’s 25-Point
Programme”.
Focus Question
What does Streseman’s leadership
and his death, coupled with the
Great Depression, show us about
the German people’s faith in
democracy? Explain using Stages 3
and 4.
Using Stage 4, create a cause-effect
chart for the influence of:
Cause-Effect
Hindenburg’s leadership
Bruning
“We come as enemies, as the wolf
bursts into the flock, so we come.”
- Goebbels
Franz Von Papen
Otto Meissner
Focus Question
Was the rise to power of National
Socialism one of destiny or chance?
OPCVL Revision
1. Underline the origin in red
2. Underline the purpose in blue
3. Underline the content in orange
4. circle the word value - write the number of how many you have at the top
5. Box the word limiting - write the number of how many you have at the top
Homework:
Prepare for essay next class on the factor that led to
the rise of Hitler.