Rise of Authoritarians Leaders pre-WWII

  • Mussolini creates Fascist party

    Emphasis on nationalist sentiments and dramatic oratory style
  • March on Rome

    Threatened King Victor Emmanuel III
  • HItler's Rhetoric

    Preaching about the failure of established government, nationalism and personal sacrifice for the state. Scapegoating communists, socialists and Jews
  • Reichstag Fire

    Burning of German Parliament building; Hitler used the fire to blame the communists and increase his own power/limit freedoms to the people of Germany