PPT-BOWLING FOR FASCISM: SOCIAL CAPITAL AND THE RISE OF THE NAZI PARTY IN WEIMAR GERMANY,

Shanker Satyanath Nico Voigtländer HansJoachim Voth NYU UCLA and NBER UZH and CEPR 26 May 2015 Background Social capital. 1919-1933. Ao1a. Ao1b. Recall, select, deploy and communicate relevant historical knowledge clearly and effectively.. Demonstrate understanding of the past through explanation, analysis and arriving at substantiated judgements of key concepts (causes/ consequence/ significance/ continuity/ change and relationships between key features.. Fascism. a right wing ideology which emphasizes the needs of the state over those of the individual. Fascism. extreme nationalism. militarism. imperialism. racism. autocracy. glorification of the past. Path to War. Japan’s . Expansion in Asia. heavily depended on foreign sources on raw . material .  Island Nation. 1931 – 1933 Japanese . military . invades and conquers Chinese province of Manchuria. Key Topic 1. Weimar Republic. 1918-1929. November 1918. Germany loses WW1. Kaiser abdicates. Armistice signed (agreement to stop fighting). June 1919. Treaty of Versailles. G. UILT. . Germany had to accept all responsibility for the war. Why were German people optimistic after WWI?. Abdication . of . Kaiser.. New democratic . government. .. Expectations the Allies would help the new Weimar . Government. President Wilson’s desire for fairness – 14 . 1919-1933. Ao1a. Ao1b. Recall, select, deploy and communicate relevant historical knowledge clearly and effectively.. Demonstrate understanding of the past through explanation, analysis and arriving at substantiated judgements of key concepts (causes/ consequence/ significance/ continuity/ change and relationships between key features.. Path to War. Japan’s . Expansion in Asia. heavily depended on foreign sources on raw . material .  Island Nation. 1931 – 1933 Japanese . military . invades and conquers Chinese province of Manchuria. L/O – To identify and examine the historical conditions that enabled Hitler to rise to power . The Rise of Authoritarian States. Authoritarian governments. are states in which . power is concentrated in the hands of the few, who rule without consent. What is Fascism?. A political philosophy that puts the state above the needs of the individual . Only one ruler who represents a strong and centralized government. The Rise of Fascism in Italy. Italy. Nazi Fascism. What are the Political, Economic and Social ideas to Nazi Fascism?. Political Ideas. Cult of the leader and elite rule.. E. xtreme nationalism.. . Organized violence and war and military force.. Weimar Republic. 1918-1929. November 1918. Germany loses WW1. Kaiser abdicates. Armistice signed (agreement to stop fighting). June 1919. Treaty of Versailles. G. UILT. . Germany had to accept all responsibility for the war. Your GCSE. Problems in Germany at the end of WWI. Money: Germany was bankrupt. Prices were high, wages were low. Benefits and pensions were stopped. Food shortages meant malnutrition. . Power: People rioted in the streets and the old leader the Kaiser (king) had to leave power. A new government was started but democracy was new to Germany. Communist ideas spread because desperate people saw rich people who were still well off. . Treaty of Versailles. 9/11/1918 – Kaiser abdicated. 11/11/1918 – Armistice signed by the new Weimar Government = end of the war.. 1919 – The Treaty of Versailles was given to the German government to sign. . Key Words:. President – . figurehead of the government.. Chancellor – . head of the government on a day-to-day basis.. Reichstag and Reichsrat – . the two chambers of the German Parliament.. Constitution – .