Quiz on the Rise of Fascism and Communism:

1. What were the perceived problems with liberal government and capitalist economies which led many Europeans at the outset of the 20^th century to consider alternate, more radical political ideologies?
2. Why did intellectuals influenced by the theories of Nietzsche, Darwin and Freud come to doubt the innate goodness of humans?
3. Why did people also lose confidence in the ability of technology to help society progress into a better state?
4. How did Romanticism’s celebration of feeling over reason help fuel the rise of fascism?
5. Why did late 19^th century nationalist movements start to persecute religious and racial minorities?
6. What different groups in society became parts of the fascist political coalition?
7. Why did Marxists reject liberal conceptions of social justice (natural rights and utilitarianism)?
8. How did Lenin believe he could create a socialist utopia in an undeveloped country?
9. Why did Marxists believe that poor people would never be able to achieve justice on their own?