Chapter 20 - Collapse at the Center

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Military officers

________ had long enjoyed considerable social status as a result of Europe's armed rivalries, and most heads of state donned uniforms in public.

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universal male suffrage

In 1925, ________ was obtained; the country was ruled by ministries led by major party leaders rather than bureaucrats or imperial favorites, and a two- party system began to form.

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Italy

________ was the first country to develop a fascist alternative.

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Japan

In 1918,"rice riots "drew over a million people onto the streets of metropolitan ________ to protest the growing price of that basic food.

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Austor-Hungarian

The heir to the ________ monarchy, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was murdered on June 28, 1914, by a Serbian nationalist.

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Mussolini

________ stormed to power in 1922 with the assistance of a private army of disillusioned veterans and jobless men known as the Black Shirts, promising an alternative to both communism and ineffective democratic governance.

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Europe

________ had risen to prominence on the world scene since 1500, thanks to its expanding military might and the wonders of the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions.

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Fascism

fiercely nationalist, aiming to revive and cleanse the nation, as well as organize its people for some noble purpose. Its spokespeople promoted violence against adversaries as a society-renewing force, praising action above thought

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Rice riots

drew over a million people onto the streets of metropolitan Japan to protest the growing price of that basic food

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