3a

Question 1

When was Mussolini appointed PM

Answer 1

30 October 1922

Question 2

How many Fascists were senior ministers in 1st Fascist government

Answer 2

4/14

Question 3

What positions did Mussolini hold

Answer 3

Minister of Interior and Minister of Foreign Affairs

Question 4

How many Fascists were there in a chamber of 535

Answer 4

32

Question 5

What the coalition of right wing elements known as

Answer 5

National Government

Question 6

When did Mussolini demand full powers to govern alone

Answer 6

Nov 1922

Question 7

How many votes was power to rule by decree passed by

Answer 7

196 to 16

Question 8

How long was Mussolini given power to rule by decree

Answer 8

12 months

Question 9

How many votes and seats must the winning political party have as part of the acerbo law

Answer 9

Quarter of votes cast and two-thirds seats

Question 10

When was Acerbo law passed

Answer 10

July 1923

Question 11

When was the law put into practice

Answer 11

April 1924

Question 12

What % of votes did Fascists win

Answer 12

66%

Question 13

What did Fascist MPs increase by

Answer 13

35 to 374

Question 14

How many Socialists and Communists supporters did they have

Answer 14

2.5m

Question 15

When was a Fascist Militia created

Answer 15

Jan 1923

Question 16

How many members were part of the Fascist Militia

Answer 16

300,000

Question 17

How many of most quarrelsome ras were expelled

Answer 17

200

Question 18

Who was the leader of the Cheka

Answer 18

Ameriqo Dumini

Question 19

When was the Fascist Grand Council created

Answer 19

Dec 1922

Question 20

What did Fascists grow from in Oct 1922 to 1923

Answer 20

300,000 to 800,000

Question 21

When did the nationalists close down and join the PNF

Answer 21

Feb 1923

Question 22

Who described Mussolini as the “best popular journalist of the period”

Answer 22

Denis Mack-Smith

Question 23

What I’ll advised seizure in July 1923 was presented as a great Italian victory

Answer 23

Corfu

Question 24

When did economic growth start to occur

Answer 24

1922

Question 25

When were Fascists forbidden to be members of the Freemason society

Answer 25

Feb 1923

Question 26

When did Fascist squadristi storm the working class districts of Parma and Turin

Answer 26

Late 1922

Question 27

When was the Popolari dropped from the governing coalition

Answer 27

1923