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Name: Nataly Ulloa Guiding Questions Benito Mussolini (Document B)

Nataly Ulloa provides guiding questions to analyze documents from Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler about fascism. For Mussolini, she notes he was the leader of Italy and the National Fascist party, and founder of Italian fascism. For Hitler, she explains he ruled under the Nazi government and Nazis were a fascist regime. The most troubling ideas were Mussolini having similar views to Hitler, and Hitler's persecution of Jews, which caused division that could have contributed to WWII.

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Name: Nataly Ulloa Guiding Questions Benito Mussolini (Document B)

Nataly Ulloa provides guiding questions to analyze documents from Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler about fascism. For Mussolini, she notes he was the leader of Italy and the National Fascist party, and founder of Italian fascism. For Hitler, she explains he ruled under the Nazi government and Nazis were a fascist regime. The most troubling ideas were Mussolini having similar views to Hitler, and Hitler's persecution of Jews, which caused division that could have contributed to WWII.

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Name: Nataly Ulloa

Guiding
Questions

Benito Mussolini (Document B)

1. Contextualize: Before reading the document, what do you know about the state of affairs in Italy
following the end of WWI? Were the Italians happy with their government and the Treaty of
Versailles? Explain.

Italy entered World War 1 with the intention of getting lands from Austria. Italy entered World
War 1 but did not involve themselves too much. In the end they did not get what they wanted so they
were unhappy.

2. Source: Who is Benito Mussolini and what is his relationship to Fascism? Do you think he is a
better source on the topic of Fascism than the textbook? Explain.

Benito Mussolini was a prime minister and he was the leader of


the National Facist party. He was also the founder of Italian Facism.
Benito was the leader of the country as a prime minister. He is the main
topic.

3. Interpret: After reading Mussolini’s ideas, define Fascism in your own words. How is this
definition similar and different to the one given by the textbook?

Fascism was a form of government that led by distactor that was


a form of nationalism that was involved in racism. This
definition is very similar to the one in the textbook just that it is
a more simplified version.
4. Close Reading: Why do you think Mussolini mentions the ancient Roman Empire in the last two
paragraphs? How do you think Italians might react to these references?

I think Mussolini mentions it because he wants Italy to be how it was before


during the times of the Roman Empire. Italians would react surprised because
since they used to be known as the best they would not want to give up that
title.

5. Thinking Critically: Which of Mussolini’s Fascist ideas do you find the most interesting and/or
troubling? How do you think these views might have contributed to the outbreak of WWII?

One of the most troubling ideas of Mussolini was that he had a similar perspective to Hitler. Hitler is
known as a horrible person with an awful reputation. That is contradicting Mussolini because being
compared and seen similar to Hitler is no compliment. That was the main cause of World War 1.

Guiding
Questions

Adolf Hitler (Document C)

1. Contextualize: Before reading the document, what do you know about the state of affairs in
Germany following the end of WWI? Were the Germans happy with their government and the
Treaty of Versailles? Explain.

Germans were not happy with the Treaty. World War 1 ended with Germany signing the
treaty. Germans were unhappy because they lost land and population as well. The military
system was affected as well.

2. Source: Who is Adolf Hitler and what is his relationship to Fascism? Do you think he is a better
source on the topic of Fascism than the textbook? Than Mussolini?
Explain.

Adolf Hitler ruled under the Nazi government and the Nazi’s were a facist
government. They worked together and had similar views. Hitler has
always been known for the things he has done but in a bad way. Mussolini
was often compared to Hitler but Missolini was the main source.

3. Interpret: After reading Hitler’s ideas, look back at your previous definitions of Fascism. Is there
anything you wish to add? Explain.

Hitler led the Nazi group.

4. Close Reading: What does Hitler accuse the Jews of in the last paragraph? Why do you think
Hitler brings up the Jews in this way? How do you think Germans might react to this
idea?

Hitler did not like Jews and he always looked down at them. German Jews reacted to this
surprised and disappointed that there was someone that saw them that way. Hitler brought them up
saying that they were bringing down Germany.
5. Thinking Critically: Which of Hitler’s Fascist ideas do you find the most interesting and/or
troubling? How do you think these views might have contributed to the outbreak of WWII?

The most troubling idea was what Hitler thought and what he did with Jews. Not only was it
bad what he did but it brought so much hate between people and division. When people from a
country start to hate each other it causes many more problems.

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