Grade 8 Spring — The 20th-Century World, the Long Civil Rights Movement as Multi-Movement Struggle, and a Civics Deep-Dive (US + Global 1898–Present, K-8 History Capstone)
History · HIS G8 hist.g8.s.his.rise_of_fascism_appeasement

Analyze rise of fascism 1920s-30s: Mussolini, Hitler, Imperial Japan, Spanish Civil War; appeasement Munich 1938

Trace Mussolini March on Rome Oct 28 1922 + 1925-26 dictatorship; Hitler Beer Hall Putsch Nov 9 1923 + Mein Kampf 1925 + Reichstag fire Feb 27 1933 + Nuremberg Laws Sept 15 1935 (Jewish citizenship + intermarriage restrictions) + Kristallnacht Nov 9-10 1938 + Anschluss March 12 1938 + Munich Agreement Sept 29 1938 Chamberlain 'peace for our time' + Czechoslovakia invasion March 15 1939 + Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Aug 23 1939; Imperial Japan Manchuria Sept 18 1931 (Mukden Incident) + Sino-Japanese War 1937-45 + Nanjing Massacre Dec 13 1937-Jan 1938 200,000+ killed + 20,000+ rapes per Iris Chang 1997 (with critical historiographical caveats); Spanish Civil War 1936-39 + Guernica April 26 1937 + Picasso Guernica painting; appeasement debate (Chamberlain v. Churchill).

Mastery threshold
90%
Min instances
12
Typical minutes
50
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Prereqs
Successors

No declared successors.

Common misconceptions
  • Treating fascism as identical to authoritarianism — fascism has specific ideological features (palingenetic ultranationalism + corporatism + violent paramilitary) per Paxton 2004
  • Reducing appeasement to Chamberlain's failure — French + Soviet + US contexts matter; collective-security failure since 1931
  • Treating Nanjing Massacre as contested — overwhelming documentation per Honda 1972 + International Military Tribunal for the Far East 1948 + Iris Chang 1997

Exercise pool (4)

Diff Stem Type
2 Match each event to its date: (a) Mussolini March on Rome; (b) Nuremberg Laws; (c) Anschluss; (d) Munich Agreement; (e) Kristallnacht;... matching
2 Place in correct chronological order: (a) Pearl Harbor; (b) D-Day Operation Overlord; (c) Battle of Midway; (d) VE Day; (e) Operation... ordered sequence
4 In 3-4 paragraphs apply Paxton 2004's 5-feature framework of fascism (palingenetic ultranationalism + corporatism + violent paramilitary... essay
5 In 4-5 paragraphs analyze the Double V Campaign (Pittsburgh Courier Feb 7 1942 James G. Thompson letter) as primary source for Long... essay