Fascism Vs. Nazism

Five similarities include:
1. They both led up to fascism. Even though Germany went about doing it differently than Italy... they both had fascism in the end.

2. Germany and Italy both got the bad end of the Versailles Treaty and therefore they were both ready for a change and this helped contribute to fascist ideas.

3. The Natzis were very powerful and everyone feared them just like everyone feared Mussolini.

4. Even though Mussolini got his ideas across through his newspaper, and Hitler got his ideas of fascism across through his speeches... they both got their ideas out.

5. Last but not least, they are both similar because Mussolini and Hitler both had to overcome something in order to be in charge. For Mussolini, he had to come up with his own newspaper and for Hitler he had to overcome the Weimar Republic.

Questions:
1. The ideology that I believe would more appeal to adolescents would be Fascism. Adolescents like to have freedom and not be controlled in everything they do. A little boundaries is good, but Nazism in my opinion, is to controlling. An example of this would be Hitler and the Nazis banning the labor unions... this is taking it too far. Now the people can not even voice their opinions.

2. Looking at the Fascist ideal, I think the hardest part of getting the populations acceptance would be getting the ideas out in the open. Mussolini had to make his own newspaper in order to share his ideas with others. Once, he got his ideas shared, the people agreed with him for two reasons in my opinion. First, he was very powerful and no one wanted to stand up to him.. not even the king. Also, Italy as a whole believed they did not get their fair share in the Versailles Treaty and they were now ready to change things around.

3. Looking at the Nazi ideal, I think the hardest part of getting the populations acceptance would be accepting the fact that one can not do anything about it since they banned the labor unions and trade unions. Their civil rights were being diminished, but if one accepted that then they could gain the positives of it, which include the building of roadways and other ways of transportation such as highways. Also, positive corporations were being established.

Fascism in Germany & Italy

Germany-

• they were ready for change since they were in a depression
• they had financial & political problems
• the Weimar Republic is weak- it was set up in a way that it would be easy to overthrow
• it set up the Parliamentary Government
• chancellor was under the president
• Hitler becomes chancellor and after president dies he becomes the president
• the Nazis exploited the Weimar Republic
• Natzis (once in power) made it illegal to make another political power
• Education, media, and propaganda was starting to get controlled by the Natzis
• they break the Versailles of Treaty agreements
• banned labor and trade unions
• Hitler wanted to reunite German people under one ruler which is called Anschluss
• Lebensraum-German for "living space" and it was the philosophy that justified accusation of claiming of land.
• the philosophy did not work because it did not account for human greed
• the negatives include women's rights not getting better, and civil rights getting more diminished
• positives include the building of more roadways, highways etc.
• also corporations were starting to begin

Italy-

• Mussolini was smart, and he started as a newspaper editor
• he wanted to do things his own way so he got fired
• he started his own newspaper
• used this newspaper to get his fascism ideas out
• he believed they did not get their fair share of the Versailles Treaty since they were one of the "winners"
• Italy thought they deserved much more
• The Mussolini Black Shirts were the secret police for Mussolini
• Since Mussolini had a powerful allie named Vadtkin, the king did not want to stand up to Mussolini and therefore he became in control of the government

5 Major Differences-

1. Germany was ready for change since they were in a depression, while Italy wanted a strong leader since they got the "raw end" of the Versailles Treaty and needed leadership.

2. Mussolini put his thoughts in the newspaper while Hitler made influencing speeches.

3. Mussolini had the Black Shirts which were his secret police while Hitler did not have a secret police.

4. Hitler overthrew the Weimar Republic while Mussolini did not have to overthrow anything.

5. The Natzis banned labor and trade unions while Mussolini did not ban anything.

Lenin's Death & Aftermath

Task One:
1. Lenin was such an important part of the Communist Rise in Russia because he was the leader of the Bolsheviks. The February Revolution opened the door for the Bolsheviks and after the October Revolution they were officially in power. Lenin led the way to the Communist Rise and he studied the Revolutionary change in Russia, which led to the importance of the elite group leading the uneducated.

2. After Lenin's death on January 21, 1924, the Revolution would face the Russian Civil War. This was the attempt to remove the Bolsheviks from power. There were two groups, The Red Army and the White Army. The Reds, also known as the Bolsheviks, won the Russian Civil War.

3. Lenin's death and the continuance of the Russian Revolution relates to the death of Robespierre and the outcome of the French Revolution because they both progressed into something more. After Lenin's death the Russian's had their Civil War, while the French Revolution had the White Terror after the death of Robespierre.

4. If Lenin was not there to lead the revolution, I do not believe it would have been such a success. If Trotsky or Stalin lead it then I think it would not have been a success at all. I believe things would have gone the total opposite way with them leading it.

Task Two:
1. Lenin is most afraid of the downfall of the two parties if they do not come to an agreement because of its instability when relying on two classes.

2. Lenin thought Trotsky was one of the most capable men in the C.C. Lenin says this about Trotsky: "He has displayed excessive self-assurance and shown excessive preoccupation with the purely administrative side of the work." I believe Trotsky would have been a very organized leader and with much pride if he was the leader of the Bolshevik Party.

3. Lenin knows that Stalin has unlimited authority in his hands because he became the Secretary-General. However, Lenin does not think he will use his authority wisely, but instead abuse the authority he has. I believe that Stalin would have been the opposite of Trotsky and would have been a bad leader that made bad decisions and abused the authority he had if he was the leader of the Bolshevik Party.

4. I believe Lenin was leaning toward Trotsky to take the reigns of the Bolshevik Party and Communist Russia because he talks very highly of him. I would have picked Trotsky because I believe Stalin would be too bossy and I believe he would not be as organized as Trotsky. Lenin states, "Stalin is too rude and this defect, although quite tolerable in our midst and in dealing among us Communists, becomes intolerable in a Secretary-General."