consolidation of power in 1933 was primarily due to the use of terror and violence.’ How far do you agree with this judgement? The potential limits to Hitler’s power were considerable. it must be remembered that Hitler was appointed as chancellor of the Weimar republic and as leader of a cross-party cabinet that included only three Nazis: Hitler as chancellor‚ Wilhelm frick as minister for the interior and hermann goring as minister without portfolio. the vice-chancellor was to be Franz von
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1920’s.” How far do you agree with this statement? Explain. 10 marks. The League of Nations was the brainchild of USA’s president‚ Woodrow Wilson‚ and was one of his suggested 14 points that followed the Treaty of Versailles. The League was based on a covenant‚ a set of 26 articles‚ which all the members had to follow. The main structure of the League was set in the form of The Assembly and the Council‚ of which there were four permanent members‚ Britain‚ France‚ Italy and Japan. It was managed
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How far do you agree with the view that in the years 1933-39‚ Hitler was a ’weak dictator’? Hitler has been categorised as a weak and a strong dictator by structuralist and intentionalist historians respectively‚ intentionalist for the importance of Hitler‚ and structuralist for the importance of those around him. Timothy Mason‚ a British Marxist historian‚ is an example of a structuralist historian‚ believing that Hitler was heavily reliant on those around and supporting him. There is also Ian
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How Successful was Lenin as A leader? In order to access whether Lenin was a successful leader it is important to note four main principals. His establishment of power‚ his ideologies‚ domestic policies and the nature of Russia when he came into power. When looking into success we need to analyse how far Lenin accomplished his aim or purpose and how he turned Russia into a single party state in such a short period of time. It is also important to note the length of Lenin’s rule- he was not there
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him such a powerful rule in Russia that even today he still has supporters. Socialist Realism was an essential method to create this‚ although it was not the most important method of social control. Socialist Realism was the second most important method of social control as it was very effective‚ but not as effective as the Terror. Social Realism allowed Stalin to be portrayed in a positive light but it was also an attempt to use art forms to sell government economic and social policy to the Russian
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“Trotsky’s mistakes were the main reason that Stalin came to power” How far do you agree with this statement? (24 Marks) There is an ongoing debate between historians as to whether Stalin’s rise to power was a result of Trotsky’s mistakes or other factors such as Stalin’s individual successes and/or individual genius. It is likely that Stalin came to power due to both of these factors. One major factor in Stalin coming to power‚ that wasn’t a Trotsky mistake‚ is the fact that Stalin held the position
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Do you agree with the modernisation theorists’ assumption that development involves a process of modernisation? Modernisation theory is an understanding and explanation of the process of transformation from the traditional or so called “underdeveloped” societies to modern societies. From reading the theorists work surrounding the topic of modernisation it is believed that modernisation is the process change towards those types of social‚ economic and political systems that have been developed in
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After the riots of 1917‚ the Tsarist regime collapsed‚ and many would argue that it was mainly as a result of the First World War beginning in 1914. War broke out in 1914‚ with Tsar Nicholas becoming commander-in-chief in 1915‚ meaning he was away from Petrograd. Not only was this poorly thought out by Nicholas because it gave the people an opportunity to plot against him‚ but as he was away he left Tsarina (also a German princess)‚ Alexandra‚ in charge during his absence. Due to the war being
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breadth of China during the 1950’s. The massive amount of support that he got where ever he went convinced him that he was in touch with the people. He took this opportunity to give some greater freedom of expression to his people and he encouraged constructive criticism of how he and his party were transforming china into a proletarian state. He also gave intellectuals a greater say in debate which was unusual as Mao hated them. It was quite possible that Mao was affected by the attack on Stalin
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shown repeatedly that broad government surveillance powers inevitably get abused. Such advanced technology that is now available could conceivably give the government increased power over citizens‚ power that could be used not just to monitor‚ but in some cases‚ to discriminate. (Give examples of how govt. abuse their power) A 2012 Pew Research survey found that 32 percent of people believed that the government’s anti-terrorism policies have gone too far in restricting the average person’s civil liberties
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