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HIST410N Contemporary History

Week 3 Assignment  

Case Study – Mobilizing the Masses

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: Chapter 4, 5

Lesson

Minimum of 2 scholarly sources (in addition to the textbook)

Instructions

For this assignment, select one of the following options.

Option 1: Chronicle Adolf Hitler's rise from failed art student to political speaker to eventually gain control over Germany.

Option 2: Describe Benito Mussolini's revival of European Imperialism in North Africa and how he came to be Adolf Hitler's ally.

Option 3: Chronicle the rise of extreme militarism in Japan and how it led them to conquer huge chunks of land in Asia and so many islands in the western Pacific basin, and how this led to their conflict with Great Britain and the United States

Option 4: Describe Joseph Stalin's rise to total power in the USSR and how his paranoia and desire for total control led to the terrible purges of the 1930s.