WORLD HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WORLD WAR II

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
During the mid-1930’s, which characteristic was common to Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and Communist Russia?
A
encouragement of individual freedom of expression in the arts
B
one-party system that denied basic human rights
C
emphasis on consumer goods rather than on weapons
D
government ownership of the means of production and distribution
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Emphasis on consumer goods rather than on weapons.

Detailed explanation-2: -Roger Griffin describes fascism as “a genus of political ideology whose mythic core in its various permutations is a palingenetic form of populist ultranationalism.” Griffin describes the ideology as having three core components: “(i) the rebirth myth, (ii) populist ultra-nationalism, and (iii) the myth of decadence."

Detailed explanation-3: -31. Fascism in Europe during the 1920’s and 1930’s is best described as a form of totalitarianism that glorified the state above the individual. 32. The Russian peasants supported the Bolsheviks in the 1917 Revolutions because this group promised to redistribute the land owned by the nobility.

Detailed explanation-4: -It combines elements of nationalism, militarism, economic self-sufficiency, and totalitarianism. It opposes communism, socialism, pluralism, individual rights and equality, and democratic government. Fascism places the importance of the nation above all else.

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