1. Rise of Fascism Reading
Answer the following questions in your notes:
1. What kind of leaders emerged during the Great Depression? What did these leaders support?
2. What countries did Fascism emerge in?
3. What 8 things are fascist states characterized by?
4. What problems existed in Italy following WW1? What individual took advantage of these problems to take power? What did he pledge to solve?
5. Once Fascists took power in Italy, what did they put an end to?
6. What did Hitler promise people in Germany during the Great Depression? What did he say about Germans? 7. What did Hitler’s one party government do to civil rights? To enemies? To Businesses?
8. Who did Hitler use as a scapegoat for Germany’s problems? What did he do because of this?
9. Why were many Germans pleased in Germany?