The Bolsheviks are victorious in the Russian Civil War.
1922
Mussolini and Italian Fascists gain power in Italy.
1916 1918 1920 1922
1919 Treaty of Versailles.
1924 1926
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The exchange rate between the German mark to the American dollar went from 4·2 marks to 1 dollar in 1914 to 4·2 trillion marks to the dollar in 1923!
$1 = 4·2 marks (1914) $1 = 4·2 trillion marks (1923)
As you work through this chapter, you will: 1. Identify the main economic, political and social causes of World War II. 2. Examine the causes and development of the Revolution in Russia. 3. Identify and describe the defining characteristics of Communist, Fascist and Nazi ideologies. 4. Explore what it would have been like to live in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. 5. Consider the reasons for the fascists in Italy and Germany gaining power. 6. Outline the main aspects of Fascist and Nazi domestic and foreign policies. 7. Trace the key political events leading to the outbreak of World War II. 8. Evaluate the methods used by the communists and fascists to maintain and develop their power.