Section 12 - Fascist Italy Flashcards
Name the man who set up a fascist dictatorship in Italy.
Mussolini
When and where did Mussolini set up his fascist party?
Milan, 1919
What was the emblem of the fascists?
A fasces (a bundle of rods with an axe).
What was the aim of Mussolini’s party?
To form a government like Ancient Rome’s.
Who were blackshirts?
Armed fascists who terrorised anyone who opposed them.
How did Mussolini come to form a government?
He organised a march on Rome to seize Italy. It worked and king victor Emmanuel invited Mussolini to form a government.
Mention 3 things Mussolini did after king victor Emmanuel invited him to form a government.
1) He banned all political parties bar his own.
2) He banned trade unions
3) He became known as Il Duce (The leader)
Name a critic of fascism that Mussolini murdered.
Matteotti
Give 4 reasons why Mussolini was popular.
1) He used propaganda to portray himself as a powerful and caring leader.
2) He set up the public works: building new motorways and draining marches to provide employment.
3) Powerful businessmen liked his banning of trade unions and persecution of communists.
4) Mussolini signed the Lateran treaty with the pope which set up the Vatican state in Rome. In doing this Mussolini won the support of the Catholic Church.
Name 3 wars Mussolini entered.
1) A war against Ethiopia
2) He sent 50’000 troops to the aid of Spanish dictator, Francisco Franco in the Spanish civil war.
3) He signed the Rome-Berlin Axis with hitter in 1936. He entered WWII in 1940 and was executed in 1945 in Milan by anti-fascist fighters.
How did WWI effect Italy?
Although Italy was on the winning side of the war, they were negativity effected:
- They didn’t like the treaty of Versailles; they thought they deserved more land.
- Unemployment and inflation was high.
- The government was corrupt.
