Post Matteotti Crisis

Question 1

When was Matteotti murdered

Answer 1

June 1924

Question 2

What did Mussolini do when he addressed parliament the following year?

Answer 2

Took responsibility for the violence that had occurred

Question 3

When did he address parliament, accepting responsibility for the violence?

Answer 3

3rd Jan 1925

Question 4

What were the consequences of Mussolini accepting responsibility

Answer 4

Mussolini came under attack from all sides

Question 5

What happened in Dec 1925

Answer 5

Mussolini was given great executive powers, greater control of the press, purge of the civil service, and replace mayors with 7000 podestas from Rome

Question 6

From Nov 1926 - Jan 1927, what major policies were implemented?

Answer 6

Exceptional decrees that increased repression: the new special tribunal and the OVRA (secret police)

Question 7

What did Mussolini use the Matteotti crisis to do?

Answer 7

He set up a dictatorship, under which liberal freedoms and safeguards were replaced by a system concentrated on the power of one man.