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Mussolini
Fascist Italy under Mussolini
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is fascism? | Fascists believed in nationalism, dictatorship, racism and the use of violence. It was against democracy and communism |
| What were the main reasons for dissatisfaction in Italy after the first World War? | Italy's weak democratic government, the loss of Dalmatia and Fiume after the Paris Peace Conference, the economy, social issues and a fear of communism |
| What was the Acerbo Law of 1923? | A proposition that the party that got the most votes in the next election would get two-thirds of the seats in parliament |
| How did Mussolini ensure the Fascists won the general election of 1924? | He enrolled his Blackshirt's into a Volunteer Militia to make their violence legal so they could threaten people into voting for him and attack members of the opposition parties |
| What was the Aventine Secession of June 1924 and what were it's affects? | The pulling out of parliament of the Socialist Party and other parties in protest after the murder of Mussolini's biggest critic Giacomo Matteoti by a group of fascists. Mussolini took advantage of their absence and took complete power of parliament |
| What did the special court for those critical of Mussolini do ? | Exiled or imprisoned over 4,000 people to small islands- executed only 10 |
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