HISTORY 12

UNIT 2PROMISE AND COLLAPSE

1919-1933

READINGS

AND

INQUIRY/DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

BOOKLET

Ben Lepore

February 27, 2018 Version 6

UNIT 2 PROMISE AND COLLAPSE 1919-1933 (V4)

Prescribe Learning Outcomes

It is expected that students will:

  • compare the basic features of
  • fascism
  • communism
  • democracy
  • describe circumstances that led to the rise of fascists in Italy, including
  • social and economic turmoil
  • Mussolini’s actions and policies
  • explain the rise to power of Hitler and National Socialism in Germany, with reference to
  • conditions that generated support for Nazism
  • Hitler’s actions and policies
  • evaluate ways in which Stalin transformed the USSR, with reference to
  • “socialism in one country”
  • describe the relationship between colonial rule and emerging nationalism in Palestine and the Indian subcontinent
  • describe social, economic, and political developments in the United States in the 1920s, including
  • prohibition; the changing role of women
  • urbanization, mass production, and consumerism
  • isolationism and lasses-fair policies
  • assess the causes of and responses to the Great Depression

Textbooks/Sources

GF Global Forces of the Twentieth Century (Third Edition)

TCH Twentieth Century History

TWTC The World This Century

MHMW Map History of the Modern World

I. Stalin and the U.S.S.R.

A. The Modernization of Russia - Lesson 1

  • TCH Chapter 27 Stalin and the Modernization of Russia p.129-134
  • GF Chapter 5 The Soviet Union and United States:1917-1941 p.77-84 (omit Biography p.78-79 & Case Study p.80-81)
  • GF Chapter 5 The Soviet Union and United States - Case Study: The Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933 p.80-81

Question: Modernization of Russia page4

B. The Purges - Lesson 2

  • TCH Chapter 27 Stalin and the Modernization of Russia p.134-136
  • GF Chapter 5 The Soviet Union and Unites States:1917-1941

Case Study: Stalin’s Army Purge p.82-83

II. Mussolini and Fascism in Italy

A. Mussolini’s Rise to Power 1919-1922 - Lesson 3

  • Handout - Fascism: What is Fascism? p.4-15
  • TCH Chapter 12 The Establishment of Fascism in Italy p.51-52

Question: Mussolini’s rise to power page5

B. Mussolini’s Consolidation of Power and Dictatorship - Lesson 4

  • TCH Chapter 12 The Establishment of Fascism in Italy p.53
  • Handout - Fascism: Classic Fascism Italy 1922-1939 p.15-19

III. Hitler and Nazi Germany

A. Hitler’s Rise to Power 1928-1933 - Lesson 5

  • TCH Chapter 23 Industrial Nations in a Slump p.90-95
  • GF Chapter 3 Reconstruction of Europe p.45-47
  • GF Chapter 3 Reconstruction of Europe - Case Study: Hitler’s Rise to Power p.44-45

Question: Hitler’s rise to power page 6

B. Hitler’s Consolidation of Power and Dictatorship - Lesson 6

  • GF Chapter 3 Reconstruction of Europe p.47
  • TWTC Chapter 7 The National Socialist State p.93-95

C. Nazi Germany 1933-1939 - Lesson 7

  • TCH Chapter 25 Hitler’s Germany p.112-116
  • GF Chapter 4 The Third Reich p.52-58 (omit Case Study p.56-58)
  • TWTC Chapter 7 The National Socialist State p.96-103

IV. The United States 1919-1941

A. The Great Depression: Causes and Effects - Lesson 8

  • TCH Chapter 22 Great Depression: Causes and Consequences p.86-89
  • TCH Chapter 23 Industrial Nations in a Slump p.99-102
  • GF Chapter 5 The Soviet Union and United States: 1917-1941 p.88-89

B. Roosevelt and the New Deal - Lesson 9

  • TCH Chapter 26 Roosevelt and the New Deal p.119-127
  • GF Chapter 5 The Soviet Union and United States: 1917-1941 p.89

Question:Roosevelt and the New Deal page 7

October 4, 2016

Modernization of Russia

Question:Was Stalin’s economic policy of collectivization and industrialization successful in modernizing the USSR? (refer to notes p.8-10)

Successful
OR
Not Successful / Reasons/Evidence

Mussolini’s Rise to Power 1919-1922

Question:What factor wasmost responsible for Mussolini’s rise to power?

(refer to notes p.16-17)

  • World War I and Paris Peace Conference
  • attitude towards democracy
  • economic problems
  • fear of communism
  • support of industrialists and landowners
  • Fasci di Combattimento/Blackshirts
  • Fascist program
  • Mussolini
  • March on Rome
  • King Emanuel III

Factor most responsible / Reasons/Evidence

Hitler’s Rise to Power 1928-1933

Question:What factor was most responsible for Hitler’s rise to power? (refer to notes p.26-29)

  • Treaty of Versailles
  • attitude towards democracy
  • Great Depression
  • Nazi program
  • Hitler
  • support of the industrialists
  • Sturmabteiling (SA)/Brownshirts
  • Hindenburg

Factor most responsible / Reasons/Evidence

Roosevelt and the New Deal

Question:Was Roosevelt’s New Deal effective in dealing with the Depression?

(refer to notes p.41-42)

Effective
OR
Not Effective / Reasons/Evidence

Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler, Roosevelt

Question:Who was the most successful leader?

  • Stalin
  • Mussolini
  • Hitler
  • Roosevelt

Most successful leader / Reasons/Evidence

UNIT 2 PROMISE AND COLLAPSE 1919-1933: SEMINAR DISCUSSION

GROUP C

  1. Was Stalin’s economic policy of collectivization and industrialization successful in modernizing the USSR?

GROUP D

2. What factor wasmost responsible for Mussolini’s rise to power?

  • World War I and Paris Peace Conference
  • attitude towards democracy
  • economic problems
  • fear of communism
  • support of industrialists and landowners
  • Fasci di Combattimento/Blackshirts
  • Fascist program
  • Mussolini
  • March on Rome
  • King Emanuel III

GROUP B

3. What factor wasmost responsible for Hitler’s rise to power?

  • Treaty of Versailles
  • attitude towards democracy
  • Great Depression
  • Nazi program
  • Hitler
  • support of the industrialists
  • turmabteiling (SA)/Brownshirts
  • Hindenburg

GROUP A

4. Was Roosevelt’s New Deal effective in dealing with the Depression?

GROUP E

5. Who was the most successfulleader?

  • Stalin
  • Mussolini
  • Hitler
  • Roosevelt

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