Il DuceMussolini’s Rise to Power

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Italy during the 1920s & 1930so Democracies had been

weakened by WWI and the Great Depression

o Italy feels cheated by Treaty of Versailles

o Many businessmen are worried about the communists seizing power

Benito MussolinioSon of a Communist

blacksmith and a school teacher

oWWI veteran (wounded during training)

oFounded the Fascist Party in 1919

Fascismo Centralized, authoritarian

government whose policies glorify the state over the individual and are destructive to civil rights.

o Extreme Nationalismo Glorify action and

disciplineo Blind loyalty to the stateo Glorified Warfare

QWo Based on what you just wrote

about fascism, could any mainstream American political figure be realistically labeled a fascist? ie. President Obama

Mussolini calls for:o Revived economyo Rebuild the Armed

Forceso Anti-communist o Anti-democracyo Created the “Black

Shirts” (Fascist Thugs) oBeat & sometimes

killed communists and political rivals

Seizes Powero March on Rome

(1922)o Worried about civil

war, the King names Mussolini Prime Minister.

o Mussolini therefore took power “legally.”

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Mussolini in Power

o Wanted to rebuild Italy into the Roman Empire

o Censored the presso Built a strong militaryo Started public works

projects to help during the depression

o Secret police jailed opposition leaders

Il Duce (1922 to 1945)

o Ultimately caught trying to leave Italy.

o Shot and his corpse was displayed on a building in Milan