European Totalitarian Regimes

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Course Outline

  1. Crises and Totalitarian Takeovers
  2. Ideological Foundations
  3. The Totalitarian Leader
  4. Controlled Societies and Propaganda
  5. Surveillance and Political Terror
  6. Expansion and the Collapse of Peace

Key Dates

  1. 28 October 1922Benito Mussolini’s March on Rome enabled him to seize power, after which the king appointed him president of the council and parliament granted him full powers
  2. 30 January 1933Hitler was legally appointed chancellor after the NSDAP came first in the 1932 legislative elections
  3. 1935The Nuremberg Laws institutionalized antisemitism in Nazi Germany
  4. 9–10 November 1938Antisemitic violence intensified in Germany during the Night of the Broken Glass
  5. 23 August 1939The German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact included a secret protocol dividing spheres of influence in Eastern Europe
  6. 1 September 1939Germany attacked Poland after the German-Soviet Pact had given Hitler freedom to pursue expansion in the East, triggering the European war

1. Crises and Totalitarian Takeovers

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1. Which sequence correctly describes the Russian transition from imperial rule to the Soviet Union?

2. What happened on 28 October 1922 during Mussolini’s rise to power?

3. Why was Hitler appointed chancellor on 30 January 1933?

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What event did military defeats trigger in Russia in February 1917?

The February Revolution.

What was the outcome of the October 1917 Bolshevik Revolution?

The eventual creation of the USSR in 1922.

On which date did Mussolini's March on Rome occur?

28 October 1922.

What position was Mussolini appointed to after the March on Rome?

President of the council.

When was Hitler legally appointed chancellor of Germany?

30 January 1933.

What crisis was Germany facing when Hitler became chancellor in 1933?

The Weimar Republic’s crisis with mass unemployment.

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