World between the wars Flashcards
What did France and Britain promise Italy to join the war?
Did they keep their promise?
Territories
No, they only received some of what they were promised
After WW1, what was happening in Italy?
Peasants seized land
Workers went on strike
There was post war inflation
What did WW1 veterans from Italy face?
unemployment
The Italian government split and enveloped in ______?
Who steps in?
Corruption
Benito Mussolini
At first Mussolini was a ___ like his father
What did he later become?
Socialist
Extreme Italian Nationalist
At first Mussolini ______ Italy joining WW1, but he changed his views?
opposed
What ended Mussolini’s WW1 military service?
Mortar bomb
Mussolini’s name came from the Latin Fasces, which is what? What did it symbolize?
A bundle of sticks wrapped around an ax
Unity and Authority
What did Mussolini promise?
To end corruption and government, restore order, and turn the Mediterranean sea into “Mare Nostrum” or our sea
Mussolini organized his supporters into ______, they were also called____.
Combat Squads
Black shirts
What did Mussolinis supporters favor?
violence over democratic process
Where did the black shirts have a rally?
What was this rally called?
What was their intent?
Naples
March on Rome
Go to Rome to demand gov. changes
Who was the king of Italy?
Victor Emmanuel III
What did king Victor Emmanuel III do in response to the March on Rome? And why?
Made Mussolini Italy’s prime minister b/c he feared a civil war
What title did Mussolini take? What does it mean?
Il Duce
The Leader
How did Mussolini make more Fascists in gain control?
Silenced the press and fixed elections
Who was the pope? Why did he support Mussolini?
Pope Pius XI
He recognized the Vatican city as an independent state
In theory Italy remained a parliament_____. However it was a _____upheld by terror
monarchy
dictatorship
Mussolini brought the economy under ____ control.
State
Business, labor, government, and Fascists party controlled industry, agriculture and trade. What is this called?
corporate
Production increased but the workers could not ____ and ____ were kept low.
Strike
Wages
What did Mussolini’s greatest success come from ?
Massive public works programs
In Italy, what were men encourage to do?
Become selfless warriors to fight for Rome
What were women expected to do in Italy?
Become mothers and don’t work
What made children tough and taught them to obey strict military discipline? What else were they taught?
Fascists Youth groups
Nationalism
After WW1, who was abdicated?
This was a threat for a ______ revolution?
Kaiser
Socialist
What leaders signed an armistice ending fighting in WW1 and the Versailles Treaty?
moderate leaders
What was the constitutional monarchy established in Germany?
Weimar Republic