Really detailed and great notes for modern history core topic power and authority TOPICS COVERED Survey ● an overview of the peace treaties which ended World War I and their consequences (ACHMH130) Focus of study The rise of dictatorships after World War I ● the conditions that enabled dictators to rise to power in the interwar period (ACHMH130, ACHMH136, ACHMH138) ● an overview of the features of the dictatorships that emerged in Russia, Italy, Japan (ACHMH138) The Nazi regime to 1939 ● the rise of the Nazi party and Hitler in Germany and the collapse of the Weimar Republic (ACHMH129, ACHMH130) ● the initial consolidation of Nazi power 1933–1934 (ACHMH130) ● the nature of Nazi ideology (ACHMH130, ACHMH132) ● the role of prominent individuals in the Nazi state (ACHMH130, ACHMH134) ● the various methods used by the Nazi regime to exercise control, including laws, censorship, repression, terror, propaganda, cult of personality (ACHMH131, ACHMH132) ● the impact of the Nazi regime on life in Germany, including cultural expression, religion, workers, youth, women, minorities including Jews (ACHMH131, ACHMH132) ● opposition to the Nazi regime The search for peace and security in the world ● an overview of the search for peace and security 1919–1946: – the ambitions of Germany in Europe and Japan in the Asia-Pacific (ACHMH131, ACHMH144) – the intentions and authority of the League of Nations and the UN (ACHMH222)
