Names

Title

ORIGINS, NATURE AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES

What were the conditions that helped to produce this single-party state?

Adolf Hitler Neyerere

How did the leader emerge? What were his aims and ideology? Where did he get his support?

Hitler Neyerere

How did the dictator/authoritarian ruler come to power: by force, through legitimate channels, peaceful cheating or a

combination of these?

It is expected the presentation will include primary sources such as:

• Photos• Illustrations• Video• Artifacts• Memos• Diary accounts• Maps• Document• Etc.

What was the role of personal charisma?

How was propaganda used(if it was)? What was the role of the general public?

What were the key arguments or justifications for seizure of power?

What form did his government take? What was his ideology?

CONSOLIDATION AND MAINTENANCE OF POWER

What was the role of the army, police, and special forces/tactics?

How was opposition dealt with – both extra- and intr-party?

How were propaganda and censorship used in this aspect?

To what extend did the dictator/authoritarian ruler attempt to use personal charisma and popularity to maintain power and

support?

STYLE AND POLICIES OF THE REGIME

What were the chief economic, military, and social policies?

What were the roles of education, the arts and the media?

What were the policies regarding ethnic groups, women, religious and other minorities? What motivated these policies?

How were these policies enforced?

SUCCESS AND IMPACT

How long did the dictator/authoritarian ruler remain in power? How was he removed from power, or how did his rule end?

What forces brought about the dictator’s downfall, if such a downfall occurred?

To what extent were the dictator’s/authoritarian ruler’s goals implemented?

How did the dictator/authoritarian ruler use foreign policy to maintain his regime?

What impact did the regime have outside of its own state, i.e. in the Cold War?

Was this a totalitarian or authoritarian government? Why?

Evaluate the impact of the dictator on his country. What were the chief good/bad things he did for his state?