The impact of fascism on Italian foreign policy: the origins, 1870-1933
Conceptual understanding
KEY CONCEPTS:
* Causations
* Significance
KEY QUESTIONS:
* Examine the reasons for the growth of support for fascism and Mussolini in Italy after WW1.
* To what extent did Fascism influence Italian foreign policy in the 1920s?
* Causations
* Significance
KEY QUESTIONS:
* Examine the reasons for the growth of support for fascism and Mussolini in Italy after WW1.
* To what extent did Fascism influence Italian foreign policy in the 1920s?
Rise of Fascism: The impact of WW1
A group debate
A: Study sources on pages 87 and 91-93 ('Source skills') and a body text on pages 90-91.
> Be ready to defend this statement: 'The most important reason for the rise of Fascism was a humiliating peace settlement.'
B: Read an article on Post-war economies (Italy) from 'The Industrial and Banking Collapses of 1921' onwards.
> Be ready to defend this statement: 'The most important reason for the rise of Fascism was the post-war economic situation.'
A: Study sources on pages 87 and 91-93 ('Source skills') and a body text on pages 90-91.
> Be ready to defend this statement: 'The most important reason for the rise of Fascism was a humiliating peace settlement.'
B: Read an article on Post-war economies (Italy) from 'The Industrial and Banking Collapses of 1921' onwards.
> Be ready to defend this statement: 'The most important reason for the rise of Fascism was the post-war economic situation.'
Liitteet:
How did Mussolini and the Fascists rise to power?
(pages 94-97)
1) How important was the March on Rome in October 1922 for Mussolini's rise to power?
2) How did the consolidation of power happened after the March?
3) According to Steiner, how was Mussolini's ideology different that of Hitler? (In page 97.) > ”Firstly, ... Secondly,... Thirdly...”
1) How important was the March on Rome in October 1922 for Mussolini's rise to power?
2) How did the consolidation of power happened after the March?
3) According to Steiner, how was Mussolini's ideology different that of Hitler? (In page 97.) > ”Firstly, ... Secondly,... Thirdly...”
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The aims of Italian foreign policy
Mussolini's foreign policy in the 1920's
1) To what extent did Mussolini achieve the aims listed on the circle above (by 1929)?
2) Each one of the group should take one of the following events/treaties and analyse its significance to Italian foreign policy. Put the events also under the appropriate heading, either "Cooperation" or "Aggression":
A) Locarno, 1925 B) Corfu, 1923 C) Fiume, 1924 D) Albania, 1926 E) The Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928 F) The crushing of the Libyan revolt, 1922-28 G) The Treaty of Frienship with Abyssinia, 1928
3) Study sources A and B on page 104.
a) What long-term view of Fascism does Mussolini express in Source A?
b) What according to Source B, did Mussolini do to export Fascism?
2) Each one of the group should take one of the following events/treaties and analyse its significance to Italian foreign policy. Put the events also under the appropriate heading, either "Cooperation" or "Aggression":
A) Locarno, 1925 B) Corfu, 1923 C) Fiume, 1924 D) Albania, 1926 E) The Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928 F) The crushing of the Libyan revolt, 1922-28 G) The Treaty of Frienship with Abyssinia, 1928
3) Study sources A and B on page 104.
a) What long-term view of Fascism does Mussolini express in Source A?
b) What according to Source B, did Mussolini do to export Fascism?
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