Interwar Period and Fascism

Mussolini

________ used censorship, or the limiting of ideas, to do so.

Propaganda

________ was used to suppress freedom of speech and press.

Japan

________ was known as the Empire of the rising sun between the wars because.

Hall Putsch

Beer ________ 1923: Hitler tried to take over by force but he was arrested and kicked out.

Stock market

The US ________ was booming in the 1920s (roaring 20s) and lent some money to Germany to help Germany get back on its feet.

Miein kampp

memoir written by Hitler to be a good man, or a martyr.

Alsace Lorraine

was a border between Germany and France, which became French territory after the Treaty of Versailles.

Germany

________ in the the 1920s was an actual republic, though weak because ________ has little history as a republic.

Sporadic Socialist Uprisings

people were unhappy with the current situation and after seeing Russian communism, peasants seized land and launched worker strikes against their weak government.

Black Shirts

vigilantes; in other words, people who take law in their own hands.

World War II

________ caused severe trauma and people did not want war.

Mussolini

________ used propaganda to influence people.

Mussolini

was the founder of FASCISM, promising to restore greatness to Italy, since the last time Italy had been successful was in Ancient Rome.

What major changes occured during the interwar period?

more women and gay rights, new technology, and new art forms

What was the interwar period called?

Age of Anxiety

What 3 countries started becoming Fascist in the interwar period?

Germany, Italy, Japan

fascism

created by Mussolini, where a totalitarian ruler as all the power and typically uses violence and propaganda against their people

Mussolini's Motto

Believe! Obey! Fight!

When was Germany an actual republic?

1920s

What was Germany known as in the interwar period?

Weimar Republic

Populism

fascist leaders promised easy solutions to difficult problems