3/17/2015

I/O – Examine the critical facets of Fascism as a political ideology.

Key Question: What are the similarities of Fascism, and Totalitarian Communism under Stain?

CCS: 2;5 Homework: Extra Credit: Burnt by the

Sun analysis.

Global: 3/18/2015

I/O – Introduce the Primary Characteristics of Fascism: New Document: “Will to Power”

Key Question: Write about a time that you struggled with a task. What “forces” made it difficult? How did you deal with the struggle? What was the result?

Key Terms: Fascism; Will to Power Homework #1: Document analysis: Due

Monday – Writing Lab session today or tomorrow = 10% bonus on the Homework.

Extra Credit: for Thursday!!! “Burnt by the Sun” analysis.

God is

Dead

Impact?

Proof?

What’s Next?

Questions?

Rise of Fascism In Italy, after WWI (1918)

ended, demand for goods declined

Italian veterans were unable to find jobs & were disillusioned

Italy had lost 600,000 troops in WWI, but received little territory that had been promised

Great social unrest in Italy 1918-1922, land seizures by peasants & huge labor strikes

Map of Italy

Rise of Benito Mussolini (b.1883-1945)

Was a WWI vet angry w/ Italy’s poor condition.

He became a leader of a new political movement called Fascism.

Mussolini created a Fascist gang called the Black Shirts which sought to take control over Italy

Conditions for Fascism in Italy:

1. Poor Italian economy 1918-1922 2. Fear of Communism in Italy –

many wealthy land & factory owners feared a Bolshevik takeover

3. Italy not honored in Treaty of Versailles w/ land

4. Italian vet’s feel service was for nothing

Fascists supported…. The middle & upper

classes Dictatorship &

authority using militancy

Protection of private property

Use of violence, intimidation, & WAR

Extreme nationalism – Italian nation is strongest

Imperial expansion, conquer the weaker

Benito Mussolini

The Rise of Fascism

Fascists were… Anti-Democratic Anti-Parliamentary Anti-Semitic Anti-Liberal Anti-Communist (Bolshevik)

Mussolini Quotes

“Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.”

“The truth is that men are tired of liberty.”

Fascists opposed….

Symbolism is critical in a Totalitarian Regime

Notice the power of the symbol to the Right

Fascism means bundle of sticks wrapped around and

AX, symbol of Authority from Roman times

March on Rome – October 1922

March on Rome (October, 1922): Mussolini & Black Shirts march on Rome in show of force

Italian King, Emanuel did nothing to stop Mussolini & Blackshirts

Mussolini was recognized as legitimate leader of Italy by 1922

Black Shirts in Mussolini’s gang march

on Rome 1922

Rise of Fascism

Mussolini, The Duce (leader)

October 29, 1922, Mussolini to become PM of Italy

BM becomes dictator in Nov. 1922. End of democracy This is done legally! 1 party dictatorship

Propaganda & Censorship

Mussolini shutdown Newspapers, political opponents were killed or jailed, & labor unions silenced

Propaganda used through the media Radio Newsreel newspapers

How is this propaganda?

Fascist Propaganda in Italy

Rise of Fascism

Mussolini’s Goals:

Reclaim glory of Roman Empire Invades Ethiopia in

1935 Allies w/ Hitler &

Germany & Japan Anti communist

pact Axis Power in

WWII

The Lateran Treaty

The Fascist Family

The Fascists encouraged the development of large families.

Emphasis on Physical Fitness

Gli Ebrei in Italia (1937) Provided the

intellectual premise for the 1938 racial laws.

Attacked Jews for: Their alleged Zionist

sympathies. Their championing of

degenerate avante-garde cultural expressions.

For their doubtful loyalty to the Fascist regime and its imperial claims.

Mussolini Was Hitler’s Role Model

Quiz #1: Italian Fascism

Fascism

What conditions in Italy helped to promote Fascism?

What are Fascists against?

How does Mussolini

Gain Power?

How is fascism different

from Communism

?

The Rise of Nazism Homework # 5 – Analysis of the 25 Points

and selections from Mein Kamph – Copy... For the 25 Points:

Give three examples of Hitler expressing a desire for German “Self-Determination”

Give three examples of Hitler’s desire to a have the state control critical aspects of German Life.

Mein Kampf selection: What has the Aryan Race accomplished? Give Two examples of Hitler’s assessment

of the Jews.