Mr. Nino
AP Euro
Chapter 27 Reading Guide
ALL IDs Listed at the end
Section 1 and 2 – After Versailles: Demands for Revision and Enforcement, Toward the
Great Depression Pgs. 868-872
Focus Questions
1. Why did the Paris settlement fail to bring peace and prosperity to Europe?
2. Why would the issue of enforcement of the Paris treaties be a cause for political turmoil in
France during the 1920s and 1930s?
3. How could a German politician guarantee himself a seat in parliament during the 1920s and
1930s?
4. What key factors combined to produce the Great Depression?
5. Why was it more severe and why did it last longer than previous economic downturns?
Could it have been avoided? Why or why not?
Section 3 – The Soviet Experiment Pgs. 872-878
Focus Questions
1. What was the relationship between politics and economics in the early decades of the Soviet
Union?
2. How did Stalin achieve supreme power in the Soviet Union?
3. Why did he decide that Russia had to industrialize rapidly? Why did this require
collectivization of agriculture?
4. Was the policy a success? How did if affect the Russian people?
5. Why did Stalin carry out the great purges?
Section 4 – The Fascist Experiment in Italy Pgs. 878-881
Focus Questions
1. What did Fascism mean to Mussolini and his supporters?
2. Why was Italy dissatisfied and unstable after WWI?
3. How did Mussolini achieve power?
Section 5 – German Democracy and Dictatorship Pgs. 881-895
Focus Questions
1. Why did democracy fail to thrive in postwar Germany?
2. Why did the Weimar Republic collapse in Germany?
3. How did Hitler come to power? Which groups supported Hitler and why were they proNazi?
4. How did he consolidate power? Why was anti-Semitism central to Nazi policy?
IDs
Great Depression
Weimar Republic
Lausanne Conference
Sinn Fein
Popular Front
War Communism
Kronstadt mutiny
Comintern
Joseph Stalin
Gosplan
Collectivization
Great Purges
Benito Mussolini
Fascism
Coalition Government
Lateran Accord
Nazi
SA
Mein Kampf
Locarno Agreements
Article 48
Kristallnacht