Western Heritage – Ch 27 (pp. 1008-1013, 1023-1031); Ch 28 (pp. 1045-1057)

Modern European History – Ch 31 & 32

Answer the following questions on your own paper using complete sentences.

Fascist Italy (WH pp. 1008-13, 1056-57)

1. What did fascist governments have in common? (Put into own words!)

2. Describe the reasons for discontent in Italy that helped Mussolini and the Fascists assume power in Italy. (pp. 1010)

3. What methods did the Fascists use to build their power?

4. What was the "March on Rome"? What was the result?

5. How did Italy become a single-party (Fascist) state?

6. What was the Lateran Accord of 1929?

7. What changes did Mussolini introduce in the Italian economy?

Corporatism

Syndicates

Corporations

The Weimar Republic (WH pp. 1023-1031)

1. How was the Weimar Republic disadvantaged from the outset by the World War I peace settlement?

2. What features of the Weimar constitution made it easy to circumvent and overthrow (e.g. Article 48)?

3. Characterize the amount of support that the Weimar Republic had among Germans.

4. What major economic problem did Germans face in the early 1920s? What impact did it have on the German middle class?

5. Identify the following:

     a) The "Twenty-five points"

     b) The SA

     c) The Beer Hall Putsch (1923)

     d) The Dawes and Young Plans

     e) The Locarno Agreements (what were the major provisions?)

6. How did Gustav Stresemann revive the German economy?

7. Explain  Stresemann's foreign policy goals and the policy of "Fulfillment."

The Nazi Seizure of Power (WH pp. 1045-1053)

1. Explain how economic factors caused the breakdown of German parliamentary government in the late 1920's and early 1930's.

2. Defend or refute the following statement: "Hitler came to power by legal means."

3. Explain the role played by each of the following in Hitler's consolidation of power:

a) Reichstag Fire (1933)

b) Enabling Act (1933)

c) Murder of SA Leaders (1934)

4. Describe the 3 pre-war stages of German persecution of the Jews.

5. What was Kristallnacht?

6. Describe the methods used by the Nazis to revive the German economy during the Great Depression.