History A-Level
Political unrest and the crisis of the Liberal state
What Political unrest and the crisis of the Liberal state means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Post-war strikes, land occupations, socialist gains and a weak Liberal state created conditions that Fascism exploited after 1920.
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- Paper 2, Option 2G.1: The rise and fall of fascism in Italy, c1911–46 - 2 The rise of Mussolini and the creation of a fascist dictatorship, 1919–26 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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