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Fascism in Italy. HWH UNIT 10 CHAPTER 16.3. The Effects of WWI. Problems with the Versailles Treaty. Unfair? Germany Italy Ethnic minorities Too lenient? France. Benito Mussolini (1883-1945). Background Socialist Avante WWI Il Popolo d ’ Italia Post-WWI Irredentia
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Fascism in Italy HWH UNIT 10 CHAPTER 16.3
Problems with the Versailles Treaty • Unfair? • Germany • Italy • Ethnic minorities • Too lenient? • France
Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) • Background • Socialist • Avante • WWI • Il Popolo d’Italia • Post-WWI • Irredentia • Communist Threat • FasciItaliani di Combattimento
Fascismo • What is fascism? • Extreme Nationalism • Loyalty to the state • Individual is subordinate to the state • Aggressive • Anti-Communist • Anti-Democracy • Fanaticism toward the leader
Fascist Economics • The Corporate State • The Syndicates • Autarky • “The Battle for Wheat” • “The Battle for Births”
Fascism vs. Communism Fascism • Extremely nationalistic • Appeals to middle and upper class • Preserves classes • Based on capitalist economics • Intends for permanent government control • Glorification of the leader • Anti-communist Communism • Seeks international revolution • Appeals to the working class • Classless society • Based on socialist economics • Promises eventual abolition of government • Glorification of the Party • Anti-fascist
Mussolini’s Rise to Power 1919: Fascist Party organized -Squadristi (a.k.a. Blackshirts) 1921: Fascists win 35 seats (out of 535) 1922 August: General Strike October: The March on Rome Mussolini as premier (Victor Emmanuel III) -4 out of 14 cabinet members -36 seats November: “emergency power” for one year 1923: The Acerbo Law 1924: Fascists win 365 seats (65%) Mussolini as dictator (Il Duce)
The Lateran Accord (1929) • Settlement with the Vatican • Pope became ruler of Vatican City • Italy paid the Vatican for land • Catholicism is official religion
Italian Aggression • Ethiopia, 1935 • Revenge for Adowa • The League of Nations • Sanctions • NOT OIL • Rome-Berlin Axis, 1936 • Albania, 1939