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Focus Question: What was the nature of facist Italy?
Who led it and why was he successful? |
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What were the general characteristics of fascism? The Fasci di
Combattimento membership came mostly from what group? What was the
Italians main complaint about the Versailles Treaty? What type of
politician was Mussolini? What was his one political rule?
To which class did Mussolini finally lend his support? What means
did the Italian Fascists use to come to power? Was it legal or not?
How did Mussolini achieve a one party state? What agreement did Mussolini
reach with the Church? |
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Focus Question: What was the nature of the Weimar Republic
and what factors undermined its effectiveness? |
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Which party in Germany had accepted the terms of the Versailles Treaty?
What was the most serious flaw of the Weimar Constitution? Why was
article 48 important? What was the hallmark of the first five years
of the Weimar Republic? Why did France invade the Ruhr and what were
the consequences of for France and Germany ? What factors contributed
to the massive German inflation of the 1920's? Which classes were
most severely affected? Which group profited? What was the policies of the National Socialist German Workers Party during the 1920s? How did the Nazis
redefine "socialism?" To which group did the Nazis tailor their appeal?
What organization did the Nazis use to terrorize before coming to power?
How did Hitler come to dominate the Nazi Party? What was Stresemann's
foreign policy? What did the Locarno Treaty accomplish? What
crisis brought the governmental coalition of 1928 to an end in March 1930?
When and why did the Weimar Republic become a presidential dictatorship? |
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Focus Question: How did the Nazis consolidate power
and implement their policies? |
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Why did Hindenburg decide to appoint Hitler chancellor in 1933?
Why did the Nazis win out over other conservative nationalistic parties
in coming to power? How did Hitler consolidate power once in office?
Did the Nazis party ever obtain a majority of the votes in the Reichstag?
What role did the burning of the Reichtag have in the Nazis consolidation
of power? Why did Hitler order Roehm's murder?
What was the role of the SS (Schutzstaffel)? What was the origin of the
SS? On what was Nazi anti-Semitism based? What was the Nazi
view of the woman’s role? What was the special task of women in their role
as mothers? What was the Nazi attitude toward family size? How did
Nazi attitudes toward women affect the percentage of women employed? |
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Ernst Roehm
Kristallnacht
Mein Kampf
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