FASCISM RISES IN EUROPE

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Event
any notes assoc. w/ event

• Cause

• Effect

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1. Mussolini gains popularity
Founds the Fascist party

• Italians disappointed by Versailles
• Poor Economy

• Mussolini publicly criticized the Govt
• Gained support of the middle class, Industrial
  leaders aristocracy

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2. King V. Emmanuel II puts Mussolini in charge
of the Govt
After March on Rome

• King Decides Mussolini is best hope for his
  dynastys survival

• Abolished Democracy
• Outlawed opposing political parties
• Outlawed strikes made friends w/ the rich

"Either the government will be given to us or we
shall seize it by marching on Rome."
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3. Hitler is chosen leader of the Nazi Party
Austrian Veteran of WWI

• Successful organizer speaker

• Nazis become a growing political force

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4. Hitler tried for treason sentenced to prison
1924

• Inspired by Mussolini, Hitler tries to overthrow
  the govt in Munich

• In jail, Hitler writes Mein Kampf
• Outlines his goals for Germany

My Struggle
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5. President Paul Von Hindenburg names Hitler
chancellor in 1933.

• Depression forces many to look to Hitler for
  strong leadership

• Won majority in Parliament
• Turned Germany into a totalitarian state

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6. Hitler has books burned in huge bonfires
Books celebrating diversity or equality (Keller
/ Marx)

• Hitler wants to control every aspect of German
  life

• Crushed any opposition
• Forced conformity to Nazi beliefs

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7. Nazis pass laws depriving Jews of their rights
Nuremburg Laws

• Nazis used Jews as scapegoats for German troubles

• Violence against Jews increased
• Kristallnacht opens process of eliminating Jews