This should now have facts related to the Emergence of the Authoritarian State. (Conditions and methods) for both of the countries you have selected to study for Paper 2.
Where to find facts?
- Vocabulary lists
- Kognity
- Assignments and activities
What do we use the facts to do?
-We use the facts to address the question and provide evidence/examples to analyze when addressing the question.
For Example: "The use of force was the most important method used to maintain power in authoritarian states." Discuss with reference to two authoritarian states.
Gulags, Great Purge, Show Trials, Assassinations of political opponents (Left Opposition and Right Opposition), in the USSR. Each example would be analyze to address the prompt as "most important method to maintain power."
Cult of Stalin - another method that would be important, but not the most important, was the cult of Stalin, as it built up a following and devotion to Stalin as a godlike figure; this means when force was applied, people were apt to overlook or question if this could be the case. So while this cult was important, it was not the MOST important.