Rise of Fascism Reading Questions

What diplomatic and economic factors in post-WWI Italy led to the rise of fascism?

Unemployment and high inflation, most political groups (socialists, Catholics, conservatives) did not like the liberal government, rise of extremist political groups.

Beginning with the “March on Rome” in 1922, by 1926, Mussolini had transformed Italy into a one-party _.

dictatorship

Italy invaded what African nation in 1935?

Ethiopia

Adolf Hitler was from what German state?

Austria

What is the specific, complete, formal name of the Nazi Party?

National Socialist German Workers’ party. (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei)

What informal terminology is used to describe Hitler’s failed attempt to overthrow the German government in 1923? Explain the results and long term impact of this event.

Beer Hall Putsch, Hitler is put on trial for treason but gets off with a light sentence and gets name recognition s people liked the strong German ideals he preached, put in prison where he wrote “Mein Kampf”. His loss here changes his tactic for seizing power for he will have to do it diplomatically.

By 1933, the Nazi Party had more seats than any other party in the German Reichstag, resulting in Hitler attaining what position in the German government?

Chancellor

How was Hitler able to make it appear that a communist revolution was imminent in Germany and that he needed emergency dictatorial power?

The Nazis set the Reichstag on fire and blamed it on the Communists.

Why is June 30, 1934, sometimes referred to as the “Night of the Long Knives” in Germany?

The Nazis go after Hitler’s political enemies and kill them, most famous political enemy killed is SA leader Ernst Rome, inspires Stalin’s Great Terror.

Germany withdrew from what international organization in 1933?

League of Nations

Germany began to re-arm in 1935 in defiance of the

Treaty of Versailles.

In 1936, Germany remilitarized the in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles.

Rhineland

What three nations formed the Axis Powers?

Germany, Italy, Japan.

A civil war in what European nation (1936-39) resulted in a fascist takeover?

Spain

What German state was incorporated in the German Reich in 1938?

Austria

What were the causes, representatives, and results of the Munich Conference in 1938?

Causes- Hitler wanted to complete his foreign policy of uniting all of ethnic Germany and to do this he needed to get the Sudetenland, Representatives- Chaberlain and Hitler, Results- following their foreign policy of appeasement, GB hands over the Sudetenland to Germany as long as that is their final territorial demand.

In March of 1939, Germany invaded and occupied the rest of what European nation?

Czechoslovakia

Germany signed a non-aggression pact with what nation in 1939?

Soviet Union

On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded what European nation? Why does this date mark the beginning of World War II in Europe?

Poland, it is what causes GB and France to finally declare war on Germany.