Mussolini Dates

Question 1

Corfu incident

Answer 1

August 1923

Question 2

Third election

Answer 2

April 1924

Question 3

Mussolini set up a secret gang of thugs and gangsters - Ceka

Answer 3

January 1924

Question 4

30 May 1924

Answer 4

Matteotti condemned fascist violence and called the election a fraud

Question 5

Matteotti abducted

Answer 5

10th June 1924

Question 6

Mussolini suspends parliament to prevent debate

Answer 6

Socialist and communist deputies boycott the parliament

Question 7

Press censorship

Answer 7

July 1924

Question 8

Ban on meetings by opposition parties

Answer 8

August 1924

Question 9

Sacked 3 fascist deputies –> revolt by the leading ras

Answer 9

December 1924

Question 10

Speech in the parliament accepting Matteotti’s murder

Answer 10

3rd January 1925

Question 11

New campaign of violence launched by Roberto Farinacci

Answer 11

February

Question 12

Imposed a series of laws to control the press

All journalists had to register with the Fascist Party

Answer 12

July 1925

December 1925

Question 13

All parties except the PNF were banned and deputies expelled from the chamber; trade unions outlawed

Answer 13

October 1926

Question 14

OVRA formed (secret police)

Answer 14

1927

Question 15

Fourth elections

Answer 15

May 1928

Question 16

Nationalist party merges with the PNF

Answer 16

March 1923

Question 17

M sacked all PPI ministers from the government

Answer 17

April 1923

Question 18

Pope forces PPI leader to resign

Answer 18

June 1923

Question 19

Summer 1923

Answer 19

PPI loses practically all of its power

Question 20

24th Dec 1925

Answer 20

Leggi Fascistissime

Question 21

By 1929

Answer 21

Mussolini held 8 ministerial posts

Question 22

Regional fascist squads were formed into a national fascist militia - MVNS

Answer 22

January 1923

Question 23

Acerbo Law

Answer 23

July 1923