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A Period of Disillusionment. Ch. 29 radio broadcast information. Fascist Dictatorships. Italy 1919 Mussolini joins the Fascist Party 1922 Fascists march on Rome; Mussolini becomes Prime Minister 1924 Fascists win a majority in the Government and Mussolini is “Il Duce”.
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A Period of Disillusionment Ch. 29 radio broadcast information
Fascist Dictatorships • Italy • 1919 Mussolini joins the Fascist Party • 1922 Fascists march on Rome; Mussolini becomes Prime Minister • 1924 Fascists win a majority in the Government and Mussolini is “Il Duce”
Fascist Dictatorships • Germany • 1923 Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler is thrown in to jail. • 1933 Hitler is named Chancellor. • 1935 Nuremburg Laws are passed • 1938 Kristallnacht
The Soviet Union • 1918 Bolsheviks win the Civil War and institute War Communism • 1921 Lenin announced his New Economic Policy • 1922 Socialist State is formed, the United Soviet Socialist Republic and it’s constitution; Lenin suffers two heart attacks • 1928 Stalin Announced the end of the NEP and the beginning of the Five Year Plans.
Western Democracies • United States • 1919 American Congress votes against League of Nations membership • 1928 America and France sign Kellogg-Briand Pact • 1929 Stock Market Crash • 1933-1937 The Dust Bowl
Western Democracies • Great Britain • 1921 Two million people are out of work • 1926 General Strike • Ireland- Michael Collins and independence movement
Western Democracies • France • 1919 France has lost ½ of all males between 18 and 32 years old • 1934 Fascists riot and the Socialists rise in power in reaction to the Fascists and form the Popular Front electing Leon Blum as Prime Minister • Construction of the Maginot Line between Germany and France to keep the Germans out of France