1. Nazi Germany Review Cards Select a Card Preparation= 60 Seconds Argument = 60 seconds Scoring: CD=1 pt, Historiography = 3pts, Brilliance = 5 pts

2. Weimar Republic Was the collapse of the Weimar Republic inevitable, bad luck or the result of deliberate manipulation by the Nazis?

3. Origins of the Third Reich What drove the rise in popularity of the Nazi Party? Was it the appeal of their ideas or the strength of their fists?

4. The Role of Hitler All powerful dictator or weak leader who created a system of then let it run?

5. The Role of Hitler A popular leader or a just had a good PR man (Goebbels)?

6. The Nature of the Nazi State Efficient Totalitarian state or polycratic (a state run by a number of individuals) chaos?

7. Power in the Nazi State Did the Gestapo “rule with an iron fist” or with the consent of the majority?

8. Social Impact of the Third Reich Volksgemeinschaft: deep commitment or mere conformity?

9. Social Impacts of the Third Reich Opposition: Minimal or surprisingly widespread?

10. Social Impacts of the Third Reich Women: Victims of reactionary policies or beneficiaries of a “family first” philosophy?

11. Nazi Economy Priority to guns (preparing for war) or butter (helping the people prosper)?

12. Nazi Economy Hitler: advocate for capitalism and laissez faire or a true socialist who felt the state was best at distributing resources?

13. The Jews and The Holocaust Hitler: the rabid Anti-Semite or astute measurer of public sentiment?

14. The Jews and The Holocaust The Holocaust: Ordered by Hitler or developed structurally?

15. The Jews and The Holocaust The Germans: willing executioners or innocent bystanders?

16. Nazi Foreign Policy Hitler: Master Planner or Improviser?

17. Nazi Foreign Policy World War II: Nazis doomed from the beginning or they made fatal mistakes?