Dictatorship and Democracy questions

1. How did Stalin and/or Mussolini use propaganda or terror to remain in power?

2. What  challenges  faced  the  Soviet  Union  in  peace  and  war,  1924-1945?

3.How  did  Stalin  transform  the  Soviet  economy  and/or  use  show  trials  to  consolidate  his  power?

4. What were the main characteristics of Stalin’s rule in Russia?  

5. To  what  extent  did  Lenin  and/or  Stalin  bring  about  social  and  economic  change?  

6. How  effective  were  the  internal  and  external  policies  of  Josef  Stalin?

7. How  did  dictators  use  propaganda  and/or  terror  to  maintain  their  power?

8. To  what  extent  did  Stalin  transform  the  society  and  economy  of  the  Soviet  Union? 

9. How effective were the internal and external policies of Benito Mussolini?

10.  What  were  the  social  and  economic  problems  facing  Germany,  1920-1939,  and  how  were  they dealt  with? 
11.To  what  extent  did  Hitler’s foreign  policy,  1933-1939,  contribute  to  the  outbreak  of  World War 2?
12. How did church-state relations develop under Mussolini and Hitler?
13.  What  were  the  characteristics  of  fascist  regimes  in  Europe  in  the  inter-war  period? 14. What  were  the  main  characteristics  of  the  Nazi  state  in  Germany, 1933-1939?

15.  How  did  dictators  use  propaganda  and/or  terror  to  maintain  their  power? 

16. What  contribution  did  Joseph  Goebbels  and/or  Leni  Riefenstahl  make  to  Nazi  propaganda? 

17. During  the  inter-war  period,  what  conditions  in  Europe  contributed  to  the  growth  of  fascist  regimes?

=main characteristics of Stalin’s rule in Russia

=extent  did  Lenin  and/or  Stalin  bring  about  social  and  economic  change

=propaganda or terror

=Soviet  economy  and/or  use  show  trials  

=challenges  faced  the  Soviet  Union  in  peace  and  war/ effective  were  the  internal  and  external  policies  of  Josef  Stalin

= How effective were the internal and external policies of Benito Mussolini?

Propaganda and terror

Church state relations

Conditions that led to the rise of fascism

social  and  economic  problems  facing  Germany,  1920-1939

Hitler’s foreign  policy,  1933-1939

characteristics  of  fascist  regimes? /What  were  the  main  characteristics  of  the  Nazi  state