Rise of Mussolini

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Rise of Mussolini

• Fascism the first fascist government

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Italy post WWI

• Italy had huge debt
• Weak government with no unified support
• Failed at Versailles Peace negotiations
• Revolts and violence become the norm

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Benito Mussolini

• Born in 1883 to a blacksmith
• Drafted into Italian army in 1915
• Wounded in 1917
• Founded fascist party in 1919

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Fascist Party

• Supports extreme nationalism
• Use black shirts to keep people in line
• Gain support because of the poor conditions in
  Italy

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Symbol of Fascism
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Fascist Take Control

• Fascists March On Rome to seize power in
  October of 1922
• King Victor Emmanuel III appoints Mussolini Prime
  Minister

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Mussolini in Power

• Anyone who opposed him was dealt with
• Murdered Giacomo Matteotti June 10, 1924
• 1927 created the Organization for Vigilance
  Against Antifascism (ORVA), Italys secret police

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Gov. controlled all

• Economic activity brought under gov. control -
  not communism
• Men forced to sacrifice for good of country
• Women told to have children
• Education or indoctrination of youth becomes
  primary
• Censorship becomes part of the norm