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Mussolini & Fascism
Mussolini and Fascism
Question | Answer |
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Who was Mussolini? | - Dictator of Italy, 1922-45 - The first Fascist ruler - Nickname: Il Duce (The Leader) |
Who was Mussolini a role model for? | Hitler |
What is fascism? | Mussolinis political ideology, a way of organizing a society in which a government ruled by a dictator controls the lives of the people and in which people are not allowed to disagree with the government |
What year did Mussolini found the Fascio d'Azione Rivoluzionaria? | 1915 |
What was the Fascio d'Azione Rivoluzionaria? | political group favoring italy entering WWl |
Authoritarian | favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom |
Authoritarianism | political system characterized by the rejetion of multipule political parties, the use of govt and police power to preserve the political parties status quo, and reductions in civil rights, due process and separation of powers |
Ultranationalist | type 2 nationalism (involved racism) |
Dictator | a ruler with total unchecked power over a country but not a hereditary monarch |
Autocracy | rule by one, as opposed to… |
Democracy | ruled by many |
Oligarchy | rule by few, small group |
Centralized autocracy | a powerful national govt with weak or non exsistent local govts |
Militarism | devoting a large share of national resources to the military even in times of peace |
Forcible suppression of opposition | arresting, exiling, or killing political opponents |