During the Nazi regime, there were several different factors that allowed for the persecution and extermination of minority groups. This includes:
Political factors
The rise in power of Adolph Hitler was the most significant political factor that allowed for the persecution of Jews and other minority groups. His feelings about these groups were expressed in the book he wrote (Mein Kempf) and his speeches to the German people. Since he had absolute control over the government and military, he could have individuals he didn't like killed at any time.
Social factors
A series of written and spoken propaganda convinced German citizens that the root of their economic problems were the Jewish people. These posters and speeches were spread so often that people started to believe them. This allowed for the extermination and persecution of individuals in Germany, as average citizens saw nothing wrong with getting rid of these people who were causing the problems.
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The US and USSR engaged in nuclear arms race because each country was afraid of the other gaining nuclear supremacy.
The conditions in the South during Reconstruction
Even though Southern states rejoined the Union and agreed to the 13th amendment (which outlawed the institution of slavery), the South looked very similar to what it did before the Civil War started. Even though African Americans were technically free, many of them still worked on plantations. There work on plantations was under the system known as sharecropping. Sharecropping is a system in which a person leases land from a farm owners. In return, the worker promises to give land owners a share of their crop. This system resulted in strict labor contracts. Ultimately, this system would tie African Americans to plantations as plantation owners used loopholes within the contract to keep their tenants from finding other opportunities.
Along with this, African Americans were still treated horribly in the South. The development of the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist organization, resulted in the beating and killing of thousands of African American citizens. This group was created in order to strike fear in the hearts of African American citizens and to prevent them from using their newly gained rights (like the right for men to vote).
Lastly, the South would continue to treat African Americans as inferior by the implementation of black codes and Jim Crow laws. These laws allowed for the development of segregated public and private facilities.
