(i) Acerbo Law: A law that allowed the party with the most votes to take two-thirds of the seats in parliament.

   

    Blackshirts: Mussolini’s personal bodygaurds also known as the Squadristi.

 

    Lateran Treaty: An agreement between Mussolini and the Pope which created an independent Vatican             State.

 

    Rome-Berlin Axis: A pact Mussolini made with Hitler in which they promised to defend one another if               attacked.

 

(ii) (C) The Nazis and the Jews: Hitler hated the jews and vowed to deprive them of their rights. He passed the Nurembourg Laws which deprived them of their citzenship and forced each one to wear a yellow star of david on their coats. The gestapo attacked and broke up jewish businesses on "Kristallnacht" or "The night of the broken glass". Hitlers next step was to deport jews to work or concentration camps where most were killed by gasing. This is what Hitler called his "Final Solution" to the Jewish problem. 6 million jews were killed in what became known as the "Holocaust". However jews were not the only group targeted by Hitler-Homosexuals, people with learning disabilities and gypsies were also killed