4a Flashcards

1
Q

What were nussolini’s aims

A

Sole controller of Italy and government, saviour of Italy, sent by God, great thinker, supreme patriot

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2
Q

Who described Mussolini as an “extraordinary political tactician”

A

Historian A de Grand

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3
Q

When was the Fascist Decalogue introduced in schools which included phrases such as “the enemy of Fascism is your enemy” and “Mussolini is always right”

A

1938

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4
Q

How many people attended the Romanita exhibition in 1937 which featured 30,000 items

A

1m

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5
Q

Who described Mussolini as having “no patience for long-term prosaic planning”

A

Historian Clark

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6
Q

What was established in 1926

A

National Fascist Culture Institute

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7
Q

How many members did the National Fascist Culture Institute have by 1941

A

200,000

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8
Q

What was the Ministry of Propaganda set up in 1937 known as

A

Minculpop

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9
Q

What were Mussolini’s aims of controlling the media

A

Cult of personality, people followed his official views, major propaganda tool to gain support

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10
Q

When was the newspaper law enforced which made prefects responsible for censorship

A

1923

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11
Q

When was the last newspaper opposition party suppressed

A

1926

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12
Q

When did the radio become state run

A

1924 onwards

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13
Q

How many hours of broadcasts was radio on for a day

A

2

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14
Q

What did the number of radios increase to

A

40,000 1927; 1m 1938

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15
Q

When was the government agency LUCE set up to create documentaries and newsreels

A

1924

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16
Q

When did the IRI help fund Cinecitta and therefore help the revival of domestically produced films

A

1937

17
Q

Who described cinema as the “most powerful force…has been our film production”

A

Freddi, director of DGC

18
Q

When did Carnera become heavyweight boxing champion

A

1933-35

19
Q

When did Italy win the football World Cup

A

1934 and 1938

20
Q

How many art exhibitions did the government organise a year and when were major ones held in Rome, Venice and Milan

A

50 and 2-4 years

21
Q

When was the exhibition of the Fascist Revolution

A

1932

22
Q

When did all public buildings have to have 2% of their outside walls used to display some form of art form

A

1942

23
Q

Who said about Italian propaganda “more amateurish in their propaganda than the Nazis and the Communists”

A

Historian Tannenbaum

24
Q

What did the Vatican’s Observatore Romano increase its daily circulation from

A

20,000 to 250,000 in the late 1930s

25
Q

Who had a circulation of 600,000 in 1933, 5 times that of the Fascist Il Popolo d’Italia

A

Milan based Corriere della Sera

26
Q

When were Italian cinemas dominated by Hollywood imports

A

1920s

27
Q

When were three-quarters of ticket sales for US films and what was the most popular film

A

1938 and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs