AS Level History - Opposition, control and consent, 1918-89 (3)

--TO WHAT EXTENT DID GERMANY'S GOVERNMENTS RULE BY CONSENT IN THE YEARS 1918-89?--

--The nature of support for the Weimar Constitution, 1918-32--

What was one of the biggest signs of support for the Weimar Constitution?

Give some statistics of the turnout in the general elections, 1919-1932.

--Which political parties supported the constitution?--

Which party always supported the Weimar Constitution?

How did the moderate parties act towards the Weimar Constitution, and who were these moderate parties?

Even though these parties supported the Constitution, what problem remained?

Since the majority of people supported these parties, what does this tell us about public opinion for the Constitution?

Give some statistics on how the support for the Constitution changed from 1919-1932.

--Popular support for the constitution--

Why was there rises and falls in the support for the constitution?

--Support for the Nazi regime and the use of propaganda, 1933-45--

What was one way in which the Nazis managed to gain a lot of support for the Regime?

--Winning support--

Name 5 ways in which the Nazis were able to win support.

--Propaganda--

What was one of the Hitler's great sayings about propaganda (the outline of it)?

Give 2 examples of this.

How did the Nazi control of the media help in terms of propaganda?

How did the radio help the Nazi propaganda machine?

How did the Nazis manipulate the news and other information services after 1933 to achieve?

--Punishing opposition and rewarding conformity--

How were women rewarded for conformity?

How were workers rewarded for conformity?

--Policies for people who shared their prejudices--

How did some Nazi policies appeal to certain sections of the public?

How did people show their support for these 'undesirable' policies?

--Policies so people would make gains from the Nazi rule--

Which groups benefited from Nazi rule and why?

--Creating a Germany that would be great again--

Why did these Germans support the Nazis?

How did these nationalistic Germans treat the other successes of the Weimar Republic?

--Support during the war--

How did the German attitude towards war change when Germany actually entered the war?

How did the Nazis manage to hold support during the war?

Why did Nazi support eventually fail?

--The de-Nazification policies of the Western Allies, 1945-49--

What was the main aim of de-Nazification?

--The Nuremberg Trials--

What were these trials?

When did these trials start?

What was the outcome of these trials?

What was the public opinion of these trials?

What happened to the Führer myth?

How did the majority of Germans want to do next in terms of the future of Germany?

--De-Nazification policies--

How many people were arrested by the end of 1946, due to de-Nazification policies?

What was the issue with de-Nazification policies?

What was the issue with the process as a whole, and what was the effect of this on the public?

How did the Western zones deal with the indoctrination of the youth?

What further measures did the Allies undertake to further de-Nazify education?

What was the major issue with the thoroughness of Nazification?

--Reactions to de-Nazification--

Name 5 reactions to de-Nazification.

--Resigned acceptance--

What was this?

--Indignation--

What was this?

--Avoidance--

What was this?

--Cynicism--

What was the issue with the prosecution of Nazis?

What were all the Allies guilty of doing?

--Desire to move on--

What was the name of the theory that allowed this group of people to 'move on' and what did it do?

Give an example of the 'year zero' theory at work.

What was the new reaction to de-Nazification in the 1960s?

Why were students angry at de-Nazification?

In what ways was de-Nazification too successful?

--The nature of support for democracy in the FRG, 1949-89--

Give one way in which a high level of support was shown in the FRG.

What was the public opinion on members of the Bundestag in the FRG?

What was the public opinion on the restoration of the monarchy in the FRG?

What was the public opinion of the FRG and democracy in the 1960s?

--Other measures of support--

How did people show that they supported democracy, in terms of threats to the Basic Law?

How did people show that they supported democracy, in terms of events in other countries?

How did people show that they supported democracy, in terms of Ostpolitik?