Benito Mussolini
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Benito Mussolini
The Prime Minister of Italy (1922-1943)
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Benito Mussolini
• Full name: Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini
• He and his supporters were fascists, or people who believed in authoritarian political ideology that forces a unity in a country such as religion, ethnic, race, etc. His fascism focused on the militarism and nationalism.
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Seizure of PowerItaly’s situation
• Italy was not able to get much land at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference
• This encourage the Italian people to the rise of fascism in Italy.
• Democracy in Italy at the time was not working well.– Citizens were looking for a leader who would
be able to change Italy.
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Seizure of PowerMussolini starts rising
• Benito Mussolini, who was a newspaper editor and a politician at the time, was trying to get the hold of the people’s support.
• His name gradually spread throughout the country.
• Mussolini’s private army wearing black shirts attacked his rival parties on the street and this action gave a terror to his opponents.
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Seizure of PowerMussolini’s capture of power
• Due to Mussolini’s actions, the government started to break down.– Seeing this, Mussolini stood up and
became the savior.
• In October 1922, 30,000 fascists marched on Rome, threatening the King Victor Emmanuel III to give Mussolini the power.
• The king did not love the former liberal politicians, so he agreed to give Mussolini the power
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His leadership
• Mussolini became Il Duce (ihl Doo-chay), meaning the leader.
• He enforced fascism throughout his country. – He forced all the other political parties to be illegal an
d he also got rid of the democracy. – His opponents were put to jail by his secret police. Th
e government took control of all the radio stations and all the other Medias to broadcast only the doctrines of the fascism.
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What would the citizens of Italy think about the fascism that Mussolini is enforcing?
No freedom?Revolution?
Assassinate Mussolini?
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NOOOOOOO!!!!!!
The most people supported Mussolini!!!
But how did Mussolini gain that much support…??
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Government by Propaganda
• One of the reasons why Mussolini was able to gain supports from the people was the use of propaganda. – Propaganda = message such as posters made to
convince people’s mind, sometimes with lies
• Mussolini and his government controlled all the multi-medias including radio, press, newspaper and education to force people to think that fascism was the right and the best doctrine.
• Propaganda was also used to ensure the national spirit for the people in Italy and remind people how powerful Mussolini was.
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Propaganda Posters
This is a propaganda convincing people to not spread any inside information
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Propaganda Posters
The poster on the far right shows the slogan by Mussolini. It says,“Believe, Obey, Fight”. School taught these 3 discipline to the
students.
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Propaganda Posters
Propaganda portraying Mussolini as a perfect man