Download 6th Year History – Revision plan

DICTATORSHIP AND DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE 1920-1945
REVISION GUIDE
1. Communism in Russia; Lenin; Stalin; Show-Trials
Key concepts: Communism; propaganda; dictatorship; cult of personality; totalitarianism;
collectivisation
Key personalities: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin; Josef Stalin
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To what extent did Lenin and/or Stalin bring about social and economic change? (2011)
How effective were the internal and external policies of Josef Stalin? (2010)
How did dictators use propaganda and/or terror to maintain power? (2009)
What did Lenin and Stalin contribute to communism in Russia? (2008)
To what extent did Stalin transform the society and economy of the Soviet Union? (2006)
How successful were Stalin in Russia and/or Mussolini in Italy in using the personality cult as an
instrument? (Sample paper)
2. Origins and growth of fascist regimes in Europe; Nuremberg Rallies
Key concepts: Dictatorship; democracy; communism; fascism; depression; inflation; cult of
personality; totalitarianism; Lebensraum; Reichskirche; Herrenvolk; anti-Semitism; the Holocaust
Key personalities: Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini; Josef Goebbels; Leni Riefenstahl
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How effective were the internal and external policies of Benito Mussolini? (2011)
What were the main characteristics of the Nazi state in Germany, 1933-1939? (2011)
What were the main developments in church-state relations under Hitler and Mussolini? (2010)
How did dictators use propaganda and/or terror to maintain power? (2009)
What contribution did Joseph Goebbels and/or Leni Riefenstahl make to Nazi propaganda? (2008)
What were the main characteristics of the Nazi state in Germany between 1933 and 1939? (2007)
To what extent did Germany’s social and economic problems lead to the rise of Hitler and the
Nazis? (Sample paper)
 How successful were Stalin in Russia and/or Mussolini in Italy in using the personality cult as an
instrument? (Sample paper)
3. Economic and Social problems in Britain & Germany, 1920-1939; Jarrow March
Key concepts: Depression; inflation; protectionism;
Key personalities: J.M. Keynes
 What did one or more of the following achieve in Britain during the period 1920-1945: J.M.
Keynes; those who took part in the Jarrow March, October 1936; Winston Churchill? (2011)
 How successfully did German governments deal with the social and economic problems of the
period 1920-1939? (2010)
 What were the main social and economic challenges facing Britain, 1920-1945? (2009)
 Which had the greater social and economic problems during the inter-war period, Britain or
Germany? Argue your case referring to both countries. (2008)
 What were the causes and consequences of the Jarrow March, October, 1936? (2007)
 How successfully did Britain deal with the social and economic problems of the inter-war period?
(2006)
 How did the Jarrow March (October 1936) draw attention to the social and economic problems in
Great Britain at that time? (Sample paper)
4. Anglo-American popular culture in peace and war
Key personalities: Charlie Chaplin; Bing Crosby
 What was the impact of Anglo-American popular culture on Europe, 1920-1945? (2010)
5. France – The Third Republic 1920-1940; Vichy State 1940-1944
Key concepts: Inflation; democracy; communism; depression; protectionism; anti-Semitism;
Fascism; collaboration; resistance
 Why was France unstable during the period, 1920-1940? (2009)
 What was the impact of World War II on the civilian population of Britain and/or France? (2008)
 What problems did the Third Republic of France face between 1920 and 1940?
6. Hitler; foreign policy and the causes of WWII
Key concepts: Lebensraum
Key personalities: Adolf Hitler
7. The Second World War; technology of warfare
Key concepts: Blitzkrieg
Key personalities: Winston Churchill; Benito Mussolini; Adolf Hitler
 What did you learn about World War II from your study of one or more of the following: wartime
alliances; collaboration/resistance; technology of warfare? (2009)
 How significant was the role played by the Soviet Union in World War II? (2007)
 What developments took place in the technology of warfare during the period, 1920-1945? (2006)
8. Society during WWII
Key concepts: Lebensraum; anti-Semitism; The Holocaust; Herrenvolk; resistance;
collaboration; propaganda
 What was the impact of World War II on the civilian population of Britain and/or France? (2008)
 What was the impact of World War II on the “home front” in Great Britain, 1939-1945? (Sample paper)