The Founder of Fascism
Used blackshirts as a paramilitary force
Comes to power in 1923 after the March on Rome
King Emmanuel III refused to sign an emergency legislation to prevent it - he refused allowing Mussolini to come to power
Fascism:
Private ownership encouraged and aided by the government
censorship of the media
Imperialistic
Nationlistic
Militaristic
Non-Democratic
Often Totalitarion dictatorship
"Anti-liberal, anti-mass democracy, anti-socialist"
Il Duce
Acerbo Law - forced through parliament guarenteed that the party with the most votes would get 2/3 of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Socialist leader, Giacomo Matteotti murdered for the speaking out against the Fascists
By 1926 all anti-fascist parties had been eliminated
Freedom of press, assembly and speech were eliminated
Lateran Accords, 1929
The Catholic Church was the most powerful remaining body in Italy
Featuring Mussolini's wrath Pope Pius the XI signed a deal
Gave the church: Control over religious education in schools, recognition as the state religion, the right for the pope to rule his own state known as the Vatican, Mussolini got recognition by the church as the legitimate leader
Used blackshirts as a paramilitary force
Comes to power in 1923 after the March on Rome
King Emmanuel III refused to sign an emergency legislation to prevent it - he refused allowing Mussolini to come to power
Fascism:
Private ownership encouraged and aided by the government
censorship of the media
Imperialistic
Nationlistic
Militaristic
Non-Democratic
Often Totalitarion dictatorship
"Anti-liberal, anti-mass democracy, anti-socialist"
Il Duce
Acerbo Law - forced through parliament guarenteed that the party with the most votes would get 2/3 of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Socialist leader, Giacomo Matteotti murdered for the speaking out against the Fascists
By 1926 all anti-fascist parties had been eliminated
Freedom of press, assembly and speech were eliminated
Lateran Accords, 1929
The Catholic Church was the most powerful remaining body in Italy
Featuring Mussolini's wrath Pope Pius the XI signed a deal
Gave the church: Control over religious education in schools, recognition as the state religion, the right for the pope to rule his own state known as the Vatican, Mussolini got recognition by the church as the legitimate leader