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Mussolini founded the Fascist Party in Italy with support of anti-communists (business people, property owners, and middle-class professionals).
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Mussolini saw Italy as weak because of the Treaty of Versailles.
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The first Fascist squad was formed in Ferrara.
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Throughout the year, armed fascist squads killed 2,000 people. They also beat many others. Driven by feelings of nationalism and oppression, not many dared to oppose.
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Mussolini & followers strom Prime Minister in Rome.
Took power from the king
Set up a new form of government -
Liberal finance minister Alberto De Stefani.
De Stefani: reduced taxes, regulations, & trade restrictions; allowed businesses to compete with one another
De Stefani was forced to resign due to opposition to protectionism and business subsities causeing the alienation of some industrial leaders -
Libya, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Albania made Italy predominant in the Mediterranean.
Armed forces exhausted by late 1930s.
National poverty, poor resources, industrial weakness, plus inflexible commanders, caused the downfall of the Italian. -
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Mussolini and the Blackshirts (Mussolini's squad of streetfighters-many were unemployed war veterans) marched in Rome to unnerve the governmental figures. Government leaders resigned after feeling uneasy about the scale of the situation.
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Mussolini became Italy's youngest prime minister.
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This year marked the beinning of new fascist policy implementation. Newspapers and magazines could not be published without governmental approval. Political opposition was arrested. Fascist control was taught in schools.
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Benito Mussolini and his Fascist Party used intimidation techniques to win the election with 2/3 majority of the votes. Because of their win, they automatically received 2/3 of the seats in Parliament under the Acerbo law.
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Believed economies did not operate constructively wihtout government supervision.
Began program of massive deficit spending, public works, and militarism -
Fascist economy guided by complex network of employere, worker, and jointly run organizations representing crafts and inductries at every level (local, provincial, and national).
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The depression and economic sanctions imposed by other countries (because of the invasion of Ethiopia) led to these intense policies.
Mussolini decided government bureaus can only buy Italian products. -
Government used protectionist measures to turn the economy toward autarchy (economic selfsufficiency).
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Italy and Germany created a military and political alliance