Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism
-Formed the first fascist government in Italy in 1923
-Supports Hitler throughout the 1930s
-Supports the fascist government in Spain during the Spanish civil war
-Joins in alliance with Hitler in 1939
-Acerbo Law - forced trough 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 the Fascists
-by 1926 all anti fascists party's had been eliminated
-Freedom of press, assembly, and speech were eliminated
-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 religious education in schools
-Recognition as the state religion
-The right for the Pope to rule his own state known as the Vatican
-Mussolini got recognition by the Church as the legitimate leader
-Supports Hitler throughout the 1930s
-Supports the fascist government in Spain during the Spanish civil war
-Joins in alliance with Hitler in 1939
-Acerbo Law - forced trough 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 the Fascists
-by 1926 all anti fascists party's had been eliminated
-Freedom of press, assembly, and speech were eliminated
-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 religious education in schools
-Recognition as the state religion
-The right for the Pope to rule his own state known as the Vatican
-Mussolini got recognition by the Church as the legitimate leader
"It is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness of their mission and welds them into unity."
-Benito Mussolini
-Benito Mussolini
summary
World War I and the Treaty of Versailles apparently solved nothing and satisfied no one. Although the Western democracies, such as France and Britain, were regaining some stability and prosperity, no one else was. Ethnic and territorial disputes arose among the new democracies in Eastern Europe. The Bolsheviks in Russia threatened to spread their revolution and overthrow Capitalism. And Italy and Germany, the one a "winner" and the other a loser in the war, were both bitter about the Treaty of Versailles and anxious to reverse its verdict.