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Created a dictatorship. No other political parties or anything ruled.
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Supported Italy entry into World War I. He strongly opposed socialism and communism.
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Found a new Italian political party-the National Fascist Party. The term fascist comes from a Latin word for "a bundle of rods tied together."
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After World War I, Mussolini used his dynamic public speakng skills to win a seat in Italy's parliament.
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He encouraged the use of violence against Communists and Socialists, whom many Italians blamed for the disorder of postwar Italy. In 1922 he gained wide support and became leader of the government.
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And in may 1945 Benito was found hung and beatin to death with his misstress.
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Beun his pulic life in the eraly 1900's as a member of a Socialist party in Italy.
