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Italy during the 1920s & 1930so Democracies had been
weakened by WWI and the Great Depression
o Italy feels cheated by Treaty of Versailles
o Many businessmen are worried about the communists seizing power
Benito MussolinioSon of a Communist
blacksmith and a school teacher
oWWI veteran (wounded during training)
oFounded the Fascist Party in 1919
Fascismo Centralized, authoritarian
government whose policies glorify the state over the individual and are destructive to civil rights.
o Extreme Nationalismo Glorify action and
disciplineo Blind loyalty to the stateo Glorified Warfare
QWo Based on what you just wrote
about fascism, could any mainstream American political figure be realistically labeled a fascist? ie. President Obama
Mussolini calls for:o Revived economyo Rebuild the Armed
Forceso Anti-communist o Anti-democracyo Created the “Black
Shirts” (Fascist Thugs) oBeat & sometimes
killed communists and political rivals
Seizes Powero March on Rome
(1922)o Worried about civil
war, the King names Mussolini Prime Minister.
o Mussolini therefore took power “legally.”
FascistsFasc
ists
Mussolini in Power
o Wanted to rebuild Italy into the Roman Empire
o Censored the presso Built a strong militaryo Started public works
projects to help during the depression
o Secret police jailed opposition leaders
Il Duce (1922 to 1945)
o Ultimately caught trying to leave Italy.
o Shot and his corpse was displayed on a building in Milan
