Mussolini
The Lateran Accords, 1929
- Founder of Fascism
- Used blackshirts as a paramilitary force (private army)
- 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
- Private ownership encourages and aided by government
- Censorship of the media
- Imperialistic
- Nationalistic
- Non-Democratic
- Often totalitarian dictatorship
- "Anti-liberal, anti-mass democracy, anti-socialist"
- Acerbo Law-forced through parliament guaranteed that the party with the most votes would get 2/3 of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies
- Socialist leader, Giacomo Matteotti murdered for speaking out against Fascists
- By 1926 all anti-fascist parties had been eliminated
- Freedom of press, assembly and speech were eliminated
The Lateran Accords, 1929
- The Catholic Church was the most powerful remaining body in Italy
- Fearing Mussolini's wrath Pope Pius XI signed a deal
- Gave the church: control over the religious education in schools
- Recognition as the state religion
- The right for the Pope to rule his own state as the Vatican
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Mussolini took many steps to gain his power. Main action was using 'blackshirts' as intimidation against the opposition. For example, he used them against Pope Puis XI to get the deal signed to the the leader of Italy.
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"Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy"
-Mussolini "It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do" -Mussolini "War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace" -Mussolini |
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What would it have been like if Mussolini had not created fascism? What would have been different?
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