Topic: Minority Rights Event: Christie Pits Riot On August 14‚ 1933‚ the worst race riot in Toronto’s history was triggered after a predominately Jewish baseball team‚ the Harbord playground‚ won a game at Toronto’s Christie pits (known as Willovale Park back then). This would enhance the prejudice that was already built among the Torontonian residents‚ as they felt like they were being invaded by foreigners. The following night a group known as the “Pit Gang” raised a swastika sweater to depict
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In Siena in the 1930s‚ Italian writer Arturo Vivante (born in 1923) encountered fascism during his school days. In this excerpt from his short story “The Sound of the Cicadas‚” Vivante shows how fascism affected every aspect of life in Italy under Mussolini’s rule. The government was trying to turn Italians into warlike people‚ and soon military training was added to our education‚ already burdened by two periods of gymnastics.As though this weren’t enough‚ the authorities tried to ingratiate themselves
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known as the Blackshirts‚ clashed with communists and anarchists. The government did nothing about the blackshirts’ actions due to its weakness and fear of a communist takeover. In two years the group grew largely and transformed into the National Fascist Party in 1921. That same year‚ Benito Mussolini was elected to the Chambers of Deputies. In October
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Cold War‚ he perhaps affected the twentieth century more than any other man. Benito Mussolini (Italy) Having been expelled from schools for stabbing classmates‚ Mussolini became the youngest ever Italian Prime Minister in 1922 by organising a fascist organisation of "blackshirts" which literally attacked the political left of the country. He soon transformed the office into dictatorship before pursuing foreign expansion and allying with Hitler. He was wary of a prolonged war‚ but entered into
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industrially struggling compared to the other nations‚ so they needed colonies to bring in natural resources. If the Manhattan Project hadn’t been completed in time‚ a lot of U.S. servicemen would have lost their lives invading Japan. Refugees from fascist regimes in Europe‚ the American scientists started work on the Manhattan Project on December 7‚ 1941. In 1939 Albert Einstein desired to show off the effects of an uncontrolled chain reaction‚ so he used his influence to see F.D.R. to get funding
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How far do you agree that Mussolini’s foreign policy in the years 1933-41 was a complete failure? ’I want to make Italy great‚ respected and feared’ said Mussolini in 1925. Mussolini’s foreign policy included a number of positive and negative factors which all contributed to the rise‚ and the ultimately to the downfall‚ of both Mussolini and the Italian empire. Mussolini was intent on revising the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles and was very keen to show off Italy’s power. He felt that Italy
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control of private enterprise‚ repression of opposition‚ an extreme form of nationalism‚ and a denial of individual rights. Fascists seek to forge a type of national unity‚ usually based on (but not limited to) ethnic‚ racial‚ cultural or religious groups. Nazism - Nationalists Socialist German Workers’ Party: a belief in the inherent/natural racial superiority and the fascist/totalitarian policy of State control of all industry more blatant and racist in convictions and policies than fascism‚ believing
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The events which took place in between the years of 1943 and 1945 signified the downfall of the fascist party in Italy and it’s leader‚ Benito Mussolini. The events which took place were many‚ due to the Pact of Steel between Germany and Italy‚ Mussolini seeked the luxuries of victory during World War Two as he depended on Germany to invade all of the European mainland. After Germany invaded France‚ Mussolini believed Great Britain was to be the next target and played a small part in the Battle of
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George Orwell Research Annie Ward His real name and reason behind this change. * He was born as Eric Arthur Blair * The reason he changed his name was due to a sudden change in his own lifestyle; we went from being a pillar of the British imperial establishment to a literary and political rebel. * He never fully abandoned his original name‚ but all of his official work came under the name of George Orwell * The surname he adopted came from a river in East Anglia called Orwell
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firm as many expected. Germany and Italy had become military allies by late 1930s‚ however their precedence were still with their own countries interests‚ rather than supporting the ambitions of another country. The union between Nazi Germany and fascist Italy became a alliance of advantage expedience‚ rather than a firm alliance of sister states. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini had many things in common concern to their thinking but different things concern on social‚ economic‚ and their goal
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