Fascism and Totalitarianism Practice Test

A historian argues that the Great Depression destabilized European democracies by accelerating unemployment and undermining faith in parliamentary solutions, enabling extremist parties to claim that only decisive, authoritarian action could restore order and national pride. The historian emphasizes that economic crisis interacted with political polarization and fear of revolution. Which development most directly supports this argument about the Depression’s political consequences?

In an essay on fascist political culture, a scholar argues that fascist movements glorified violence as a regenerative force and portrayed politics as a struggle requiring discipline, sacrifice, and enemies to be crushed. The scholar notes that paramilitary organizations helped intimidate opponents and create a sense of permanent mobilization. Which example best fits the scholar’s description?