HIST 301 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Teller Amendment, Bataan Death March, U-Boat
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Fascism is a nationalistic political philosophy which is anti-democratic, anti- communist, and anti-liberal. It puts the importance of the nation above the rights of the individual. The word fascism comes from a latin word meaning bundle of sticks. these. Fasces were used in ancient rome to beat senators who did not vote the way the emperor wanted. Fascist dictators began to take over in parts of europe in the 1920"s and 1930"s due to bad economic conditions created by wwi and the great depression. Benito mussolini became the prime minister of italy in 1922. He used this position to outlaw all non-fascist political parties and soon became and dictator. Adolph hitler became the chancellor of germany in january, 1933. Through a variety of manipulative actions, hitler soon dismantled the german government and became a dictator. 1936: german troops moved into the rhineland. 1936: hitler and mussolini signed an alliance, creating the axis.
