Answer:
It is an effect.
Explanation:
Fascism in Germany and Italy rose because of World War 1. While Italy switched sides to the Entente(Allies), they were disapointed when they only gained a little land from the peace confrence when they sacrificed so many men just to gain a little land.
Germany, on the other hand, had to cede land, pay $800 billion in war reparations(trillions today), reduce the military to 100,000 men, no airforce, only a small navy. The was humiliating for the German People, and a new fascist party, the Nazi Party(Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), or Nazi for short, rose to power with Hitler at its top.
........was connected to the great lakes by the opening of the Erie Canal.
"rewards and favoritism from the president" usually prompted the appointment of territorial governors early in history, then it shifted more towards character and merit.