Supporters of Fascism Flashcards
When did the Nationalists merge with the PNF?
1923
What % of support for Fascists was made up by land owners?
12%
What were the urban petty bourgeoisie frustrated with the Liberals for?
inflation / post-war unemployment
Who financially backed the Fascists?
Industrialists
What % of Italy’s students belonged to the PNF?
13%
What type of supporter left after the PNF moved further right?
original fascists
mainly syndicalists
PNF Membership May 1921
80,500
PNF Membership Dec 1921
218,000
Mid-1922
250,000
Late-1922
300,000
Who did not commit to action when Fascists began ejecting elected authorities (1922)
Facta
By when did the PNF control 1/2 of upper Italy via ejecting elected authorities
Autumn 1922
How many fascists Marched on Rome (October 27th 1922)
30,000
What period was Mussolini a constitutional PM for?
October 1922 - January 1925
Who was Stefani?
Mussolini’s government’s FOREIGN MINISTER
Who was Bono?
Mussolini’s government’s HEAD OF POLICE
Who were intransigents?
Squadristi who demanded full-scale fascist takeover
Where did Mussolini have the right to make all appointments to, meaning he basically could manipulate Fascist policy?
Grand Council of Fascism
When was the Grand Council of Fascism set up
December 1922
What was the name of the squadristi who were made into a state funded militia?
MSVN
What group did Mussolini earn the support of via not attacking tax evasion?
Industrialists
Confindustria (Employers organisation)
What did Mussolini declare to get the support of the Church - prompting Pope to withdraw support from popolari
says he will ban contraception
+ make religious education compulsory
When does Pope begin to withdraw support from Popolari
1923
Name X4 reasons why the PNF did well in the 1924 April elections
- vote rigging in south
- electoral alliance w right-wing liberals
- propaganda campaigns
- divisions of the left
