Mussolinis march on Rome Flashcards
how did Mussolini become PM
What number of the planned 50,000 Squadristi began to assemble 20 miles out of Rome? (KB)
10,000 (KB)
What was sabotaged which prevented some Squadristi members from travelling to Rome? (KB)
Railway lines (KB)
Which two members of King Victor Emmanuel’s family sympathised with the Fascist movement? (KB)
His mother and cousin, the Duke of Aosta (KB)
How many troops did the king mobilise? (JT)
12,000
At what time did king Emmanuel agree to Marshall law? (JT)
2am
Who was asked to replace Facta? (JT)
Salandra
After how many hours did King Emmanuel abandon the Martial Law? (CJ)
8 hours
What did historian Lyttleton say about King Emmanuel? (CJ)
“The only man who could do anything was convinced of his impotence.”
How many fascists were in the coalition government when Mussolini became Prime Minister? (CJ)
Three
What did Mussolini plan to do if his march in Rome was to fail?
(CM)
Escape to Switzerland
Which prime minister resigned after the King’s withdrawal from Martial Law?
(CM)
Facta
Why did Mussolini apologise to the King on his arrival in Rome?
(CM)
Because of his appearance ‘I have come straight from battle, which, fortunately, was won without bloodshed.’
What date was the Fascist Congress in Naples held? (EB)
24th October 1922
What did Mussolini proclaim about the government?
EB
“Either the government will be given to us or we shall take it…”
What would have Mussolini preferred instead of leading the March to get the government. (EB)
He hoped he might be appointed legally to form a government.
How many seats did the fascists have before the March on Rome? (NG)
35
Who was King Umberto scared the fascists might replace him with? (NG)
His cousin, the Duke of Aosta
Aside Prime Minister, what other roles was Mussolini sworn into? (NG)
Foreign and Interior Minister
Why were the soldiers late? T.P
Because it was raining
Where did the facist congress meet? T.P
Naples
How many leading fascists were in Milan? (VE)
6
What did the 40 thousand blackshirts chant? (VE)
A Roma (To Rome)
When did the fascists seize the public and government buildings? (VE)
The night of 27th October 1922
What percent of parliment did facists control at the time mussolini was made pm? T.P
7%
How many blackshirts travelled to Rome to celebrate ‘their victory’? (MP)
50,000 blackshirts
What day was the actual march on Rome once Mussolini was PM? (MP)
31st October
Who pushed Mussolini to do the march? (MP
The squadristi & ras
How many paid up party members did the Facist’s have before the March on Rome? LR
250,000
What had the socialists called for before the march on Rome that saw many turn to the Fascists to stop? LR
A general strike
What did Facist’s do during the 1922 general strike? LR
They acted as strikebreakers and provided labour to keep businesses open
What did Mussolini call the Parliament? (JB)
A ‘toy’
How many party members did the NFP have by 1922? (JB)
500,000 party members
When did the March on Rome take place? (JB)
28-29 October 1922
who were the fascist squadristi advised to stay away from pre strike? (tc)
The military
why did some miss the trains on route to the assembly points? (tc)
because some trains were allegedly sabotaged
According to Mussolini how many voters(out of 11 million) ‘do not trouble themselves to vote’? (BK)
6 million
What was Mussolini’s preferred way of gaining power? (BK)
Being voted in
What was Mussolini’s final ‘bribe’ which made King Victor Emmanuel make him PM (BK)
He threatened to leave the country as he nearly did before.
What did Mussolini ask for from the King when offered the role of PM? (BA)
A telegraph
What solution did King Emmanuel end up not using after recommendation on how to deal with the Facists? (BA)
Martial Law
