Overview of Mussolini's Italy Flashcards
New coalition Cabinet led by Mussolini, with four other Fascists
October 1922
Mussolini granted emergency powers
November 1922
Fascist Grand Council created
December 1922
Fascist militia created
January 1923
Nationalist Association joins Fascist Party
February 1923
Catholic Popolari Party dropped from government
April 1923
Acerbo Law granted, guaranteeing 2/3 of seats to largest party
July 1923
Success in Corfu
August 1923
Italy gains port of Fiume
January 1924
Fascists win 66% votes, gaining 374 of 535 MPs
April 1924
Matteotti murdered
June 1924
Press censorship introduced and opposition parties banned
July 1924
Dopolavoro (leisure organisation) created
May 1925
Battle for Grain introduced
October 1925
Balilla founded
April 1926
Special Tribunal and OVRA (secret police) founded
November 1926
Labour charter issued granting workers’ rights
April 1927
National Council of Corporations founded
March 1929
Tension with Church over Catholic Action
1931
Mixed Corporations of employers and employees set up
February 1934
Mussolini defends Austrian independence
July 1934
Italy invades Abyssinia
October 1935
Victory in Abyssinia
May 1936
Italian troops help Franco in Spanish Civil War
July 1936
