What is fascism? Where did it come from and what were its sources? How did fascism differ from country to country?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Students should strive to make a workable and defensible definition of fascism, and then use that definition to examine the phenomenon is various countries such as Italy, France, Germany, and Spain. They should be attentive to the differences especially in different countries, and be able to root them in historical contexts.
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A) It was the first election in which all adult white males could vote. B) Jefferson was the first president from Virginia. C) One party voluntarily gave up power to its political rival. D) It was the first election conducted under the guidelines set out in the Constitution.
What suggests that childhood was treated as a separate stage of life during the Middle Ages?
A. toys, games, and specialized devices B. special religious ceremonies C. Germanic literary sources D. the observations of Arab merchants in Italy
The large slave rebellion that began in Southampton, Virginia, in 1831 under the leadership of a Baptist lay minister was known as the
a. Nat Turner Revolt. b. Denmark Vesey Revolt. c. Swamplands Revolt. d. Gullah Revolt. e. Southampton Revolt.
Washington's defeat of Cornwallis at Yorktown:
a. would have been impossible without Benedict Arnold's poor generalship on behalf of the British. b. destroyed British public support for the war. c. made up for Washington's failure to support General Nathaniel Greene at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. d. allowed Washington to march his men unmolested through the Lower South, where he achieved ultimate victory at Camden. e. angered the French, whose fleet had yet to arrive and who wanted credit for the victory.