The convention designated the Klan as an invisible Empire and provided for a supreme official, called Grand Wizard of the Empire, who wielded virtually autocratic power and who was assisted by ten Genii. ... With those that were left they adopted a new fraternal organization incorporated in Georgia in 1915. the official name of the society, Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Membership was open to native-born, white, Protestant males, 16 years or older: blacks Roman Catholics and Jews were excluded and were increasingly male targets of defamation and persecution by t...

• Word Count: 1582
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Italian fascism, in adopting the old Roman symbol of authority (the fasces), looked back to the days of the Roman Empire, which controlled much of Western Europe. This was a direct attempt to restore the glory days of the Holy Roman Empire. ...

• Word Count: 1866
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mussolini Mussolini wanted to go back to the times when Italy was a glorious empire so in 1922 with the help of his Black Shirts, he gained political power and named himself Il Duce by marching in thousands to demand power. ... He acted as the emperor of Italy and wanted to go back to the Roman Empire. ...

• Word Count: 2214
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"Fascism" When and why? Italy had suffered badly during the war - 460,000 soldiers were killed and the country was heavily in debt. the Italian army had been heavily defeated and had only won its first major victory at Vittorio Veneto in October 1918. Italy had been promised extra land by B...

• Word Count: 1819
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Youth and National Renewal "Triumph of the Will," is an exceptional documentary by Leni Riefenstahl, filmed in 1934 and a masterwork of poetic film making. The state commissioned this film in an intention to strike an agreement with Germans as well as reinforce the idea of the leadership principle....

• Word Count: 1659
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 1926 the Hitler Youth was established to promote racial superiority among young Germans, by the time Hitler became Chancellor it had 50000 members and by the end of 1934, Schirach, the Youth leader, had succeeded in bringing under his control all but the Roman Catholic youth groups. ...

• Word Count: 2446
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate