AP Euro: Unit 16.5-16.8 - The Interwar Years

Mussolini

________ rigged elections, destroyed liberal newspapers, suppressed rival political parties, etc to consolidate his power.

dust bowl

Millions turned into refugees from the ______ (many actually settle in California)

speakeasies

Illegal bars, known as _______ sprung up around the nation.

Gertrude Stein

Many of these authors got sick of our society and left the US altogether (Paris seemed to be the center of the "disgusted with society "bunch) ________ called them the "lost generation "and the name stuck.

Women

Who were encouraged to have children? Answer with a single words or term.

Benito Mussolini

A man named ______ used the chaos resulting from WWI to become a household name in Italy.

WWI

________ had been a catastrophe for many European nations.

Italy

________ had been promised territory once WWI was over (promised by Great Britain, they did NOT get this territory, it became the new nation of Yugoslavia)

Men

________ were urged to become warriors and fight ruthlessly for the advancement of the Italian cause.

African American popular culture

What was becoming somewhat mainstream? Answer with a single words or term.

Blackshirts

Who were Mussolini's radical thugs? Answer with a single words or term.