Using material from the core readings (the textbook and SLATE materials) as evidence, write a full three full
paragraph response (5-6 sentences per paragraph) to ONE of the following questions (A, B or C).
Option A: Was a social revolution (communist or otherwise) inevitable or could a liberal-democratic system
have been established in post-war Russia? (Consider the conditions of Russia in the decades preceding the
1917 Revolutions and the impact of the Great War in your response)
Option B: Was a fascist takeover inevitable or could the liberal-democratic system have survived in post-war
Italy? (Consider the conditions of Italy in the decades preceding Mussolini’s appointment as Prime Minister in
1922 and the impact of the Great War in your response)
Option C: Was a Nazi takeover inevitable or could the Weimar Republic have survived in post-war Germany?
(Consider the conditions of Germany in the decades preceding Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor in 1933 and
the impact of the Great War in your response)
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