Italy

Question 1

When was Mussolini appointed as prime minister?

Answer 1

October 1922

Question 2

When did parliament give Mussolini the right to rule by decree and supposedly how long for?

Answer 2

November 1922 and initially for 12 months but it ended up being a lot longer

Question 3

When was the Grand Council of Fascism created?

Answer 3

December 1922

Question 4

When was the fascist squads converted to a national militia?

Answer 4

January 1923

Question 5

How many Italians died in WW1?

Answer 5

650,000

Question 6

Why was WW1 called a mutilated victory?

Answer 6

Italy failed to gain Dalmatia and Fiume, along with no colonies in Africa, Middle East and Dalmatia

Question 7

What economic problems did Italy face after WW1?

Answer 7

• Rising unemployment from 1920 as 2.5m soldiers demobilised
• Industry hit by a post-war recession (1920-21)
• National debt in 1918 was 85 billion lire compared to 16 billion in 1914

Question 8

What was the general social situation after WW1 like?

Answer 8

Quite bad. People felt humiliated both by the mutilated victory and lost battles in the war, like Caporetto. Disillusionment, and hostility towards war profiteers. There was a flu epidemic which nearly killed as many as in the war.

Question 9

When was the Battle of Caporetto?

Answer 9

October 1917

Question 10

When was the Battle of Vittorio Veneto?

Answer 10

October 1918

Question 11

How many Italian’s wounded in WW1?

Answer 11

100,000

Question 12

When did Italy join WW1?

Answer 12

In May 1915. A year after the powers went to war.

Question 13

When did Italy join WW1?

Answer 13

In May 1915. A year after the powers went to war.

Question 14

When did Mussolini declare himself dictator of Italy?

Answer 14

1925

Question 15

How was Italy doing in 1896? Why? (vowels)

Answer 15

Badly.
- Most of the population were involved in AGRICULTURE and there were huge regional variations.
- Italy was poor and ECONOMICALLY BACKWARDS compared to other economic powers
- INDUSTRY was backwards compared to other countries, and mostly found in the north of Italy
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- There was a lack of UNITY between the North and South

Question 16

What were the problems of Liberal Italy?

Answer 16

• Lack of Italian identity
• Economic Weaknesses
• Weaknesses of Liberal political system
• Hostility of Catholic church

Question 17

What would the pope not allow people to do in liberal italy?

Answer 17

Vote

Question 18

What are the positive views of Liberal Italy before WW1?

Answer 18

• Free primary education and National military service helped to create a sense of Italian nationhood
• There was rapid economic progress (National income rose from 61 billion lire in 1895 to 92 bil in 1915)
• Taxes had been reduced
• Italy joined the triple alliance with Gemany and Austria-Hungry

Question 19

When did the Fascist squad violence begin?

Answer 19

November 1920

Question 20

What were the Lateran Agreements?

Answer 20

In 1929, a treaty and a deal, know as a concordat which officially ended the dispute between Church and State in Italy. It established Catholicism as the religion of Italy, meaning that state payed salaries for clergy, religious education was made compulsory in schools, the pope could appoint all bishops.