Notes
- 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
- Fascist traits:
-Censorship of the media
-Imperialistic
-Nationalistic
-Militaristic
-Non-democratic
-Often totalitarian dictatorship (answer to nobody)
-"Anti-liberal, anti-mass democracy, anti socialist'
- Acerbo Law -forced through parliment guaranteed that the party with the most votes would get 2/3 of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies
- Socialist leader, Giacomo
- The catholic Church was the most powerful remaining body in Italy
- Fearing Mussolini's wrath Pope Pius XI signed a deal
- Gave the church
-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
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Summary
Benito Mussolini, the founder of Fascism, created the first Fascist government in Italy in 1923. Throughout the 1930's, Mussolini supported Adolf Hitler and he also supported the Fascist Government in Spain during the time of the Spanish Civil War. After creating a bond with Hitler, they form an alliance in 1939.
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Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism.-Mussolini
Subjunctive Question
If Hitler teamed up with the church officials, like Mussolini had done, how would that reshape his political platform?