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Fascism
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Mind Map on Fascism, created by m.mary.jackson on 03/11/2014.
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Fascism
Rise of fascism
what is fascism?
1. a right winged political ideology
2. strong emphasis on nationalism
3. Fascist parties organised along military lines with a single leader
4. implemented dictatorship
5. Opposition parties, trade unions banned
6. Elections abolished
7. opposed to democracy, liberalism, communism
8. Anti- semitic
9. use of propaganda, intimidation and terror
Factors in the rise of fascism
economic factors
Major instability weakened polictical life
uncontrollable inflation wiped out savings and created mass unemployment
Treaty of Versailles
Dissatisfaction with terms of ww1 peace
Italy never got promised teritory
harsh reprations ]
new states established with the break up of empires borders caused friction over borders
Fear of communism
The upper middle class feared the spread of communism following the russian revolution
communst revolts in germany, austria and hungary in 1919 contributed to this fear
Fasciam was seen as a better barrier to communism than democracy
Support from middle class
The middle class(maily rural) felt trapped between and the wealthy
fascism claimed to represent their interests
Rise of fascism Italy
Impact of ww1
Italy divided over ww1
Treaty of london 1915
600,000 killed - 1 million wounded
war debt of 85 billion ire (£85 m )
Treaty of Versailles
Rising inflation as government prints money to pay war debt
Devolpment of Fascism
1919 mussolini establishes 'combat groups'
use sumbols from Roman Empire
uniformed black shirts
support from ex- army officers, students and middle class
1921 mussolini forms national fascist party
Financial support from FIAT, Pirelli tyre company and italian banks
1919 - 1922 2,00 opponents killed by fascist
1922 fascists help break a general strike
1922 300,000 members
March on Rome
Oct. 1022 - Mussolini demands to be made Prime Minister
Announces 'march on rome'
fascists occupy towns across north and central italy
King refuses to declare a State Of Emergency and use army to crach fascist
King gives in and appoints missolini prime minister
fascist stage 'victory march' in rome
Establishing a dictatorship
1923 Acerbo Law - The party that gained the greatest number of votes in the election would get 2 thirds of the seats
In the elction mussolini used violoence to make sure he won
Rule by decree- make laws without going through parliament
All other polictical parties were banned
press and radio censored
secret police (1926) - The OVRA were used to crush the opposition
Mussolini was called Il Duce and a cult of personality devolped around him
The Corporate State
Goal was to eliminate conflict between employers and workers
all were to work for a common good
trade unions banned and strikes forbidden
problems solved by negotiations
in reality fascists were in control and issued orders to negotiating sides
wages fell and living standards remained low
Economic Policy
Mussolini improved the main road system by building motor ways
he reclaimed the Pontine Marshes near Rome which provided more land and helped to prevent malaria
He Promoted the battle for grain doubed grain production
he promoted the battle for births to increase italian population
Relations with the Catholic Church
ongoing dispute of church lands during unificatio of italy
The catholic church welcomed Mussolini as a safeguard against communism
religious instructions was allowed in primary school
in 1923 the govt. rescued the catholic banck of rome from financial difficulties
mussolini had a caothlis marraige and baptosed his children
Foreign Policy
Invasion of Abyssinia
Spanish Civil war
Rome Berlin Axis 1936
Pact of steel 1939
World War 2
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