The Rise of Fascism 1919-21 Flashcards
How many seats did the Socialist party have in the Chamber of deputies?
156
How many seats did the PPI have?
100 seats
When did the engineering workers go on strike in a dispute over wages?
September 1920
How many workers were involved in strikes in the north of Italy?
400,000
How did giollitti react to the strikes?
Policy of neutrality
He thought intervention would result in a bloodbath
Where did land occupations increase?
Emilia Romagna, the po valley, Umbria and Tuscany
What did the agricultural workers want?
higher wages and the promise of not being made unemployed in quiet periods
How many places did the socialist control?
26 out of 69
Who felt threatened by the Socialist?
Landowners and conservatives - they felt the government had abandonned them
When were the first attacks by fascist squads?
November 1920
What were the fascist squads like?
small and lacking in coherent ideology
Who joined the squads in the beginning?
Ex army
middle class studentsW
Who began to join the squads later on?
landowners
shopkeepers
clerical workers
teachers
How many supporters did the fascist pary have by the end of 1921?
200,000
How did Mussolini strive to tackle the squadrismo movement?
emphasised how he was the sole leader of the movement
success depended on him
