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Leaving Cert History: Dictatorship & democracy 1920–45

How often Dictatorship & democracy 1920–45 comes up on the History papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 10 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

OL Asked on 10 of the last 10 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Dictatorship & democracy 1920–45, Higher Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Dictatorship & democracy 1920–45.

(a)Mussolini's violent Fascist gangs were known as…
  1. Freikorps
  2. Squadristi
  3. Carabinieri
(b)What title did Mussolini take as leader?
  1. El Caudillo
  2. Der Führer
  3. Il Duce
(c)What was Fascist Italy's secret police called?
  1. OVRA
  2. NKVD
  3. Gestapo
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(a) Squadristi

(b) Il Duce

(c) OVRA

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Dictatorship & democracy 1920–45.

Higher Level

Asked on 10 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Europe Topic 3
2025Europe Topic 3 (DBQ)
2024Europe Topic 3 (DBQ)
2023Europe Topic 3
2022Europe Topic 3
2021Europe Topic 3
2019Europe Topic 3
2018Europe Topic 3
2017Europe Topic 3 (DBQ)
2016Europe Topic 3 (DBQ)

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Dictatorship & democracy 1920–45 questions

Dictatorship & democracy 1920–45, 2 marks

Which concentration camp, opened near Munich in March 1933, became the model for later Nazi camps?

  1. Auschwitz
  2. Treblinka
  3. Dachau
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Dachau

Dachau first held political prisoners, such as communists and socialists. Its guards and rules became the model for the wider camp system.

Dictatorship & democracy 1920–45, 2 marks

When did Germany annex Austria in the Anschluss?

  1. September 1938
  2. March 1938
  3. March 1936
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March 1938

German troops entered Austria on 12 March 1938. A rigged plebiscite in April claimed over 99% support.

Dictatorship & democracy 1920–45, 2 marks

Which British Prime Minister signed the Munich Agreement?

  1. Neville Chamberlain
  2. Winston Churchill
  3. Stanley Baldwin
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Neville Chamberlain

Chamberlain agreed to let Hitler take the Sudetenland, hoping for 'peace for our time'. Hitler took the rest of Czechoslovakia in March 1939.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 10 of the last 10 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Europe Topic 3
2025Europe Topic 3 (DBQ)
2024Europe Topic 3 (DBQ)
2023Europe Topic 3
2022Europe Topic 3
2021Europe Topic 3
2019Europe Topic 3
2018Europe Topic 3
2017Europe Topic 3 (DBQ)
2016Europe Topic 3 (DBQ)

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Dictatorship & democracy 1920–45 questions

Dictatorship & democracy 1920–45, 2 marks

Who led the Fascist Party in Italy?

  1. Francisco Franco
  2. Adolf Hitler
  3. Benito Mussolini
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Benito Mussolini

Mussolini, a former socialist journalist, built the Fascist movement out of anger at Italy's treatment after World War I.

Dictatorship & democracy 1920–45, 3 marks

In which year was the March on Rome?

  1. 1929
  2. 1922
  3. 1919
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1922

Fascist Blackshirts converged on the capital in October 1922. The king refused to use the army and invited Mussolini to form a government.

Dictatorship & democracy 1920–45, 2 marks

What title did Mussolini take as leader of Italy?

  1. Il Duce
  2. Der Führer
  3. El Caudillo
Show the answer

Il Duce

Il Duce means the leader. Fascist propaganda presented him as an all-knowing figure who was always right.

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