Mussolini and the rise of fascism
- Hitler (Brownshirts) and Mussolini (Blackshirts) had both paramiltary forces
- 1923: March on Rome and Benito Mussolini gains power
- King Emmanuel III refused Mussolini to come to power
- 1926: Acerbo Law - party with most votes gets automatically 2/3 of seats in the Chamber of Deputies
- 1926: All anti-fascist parties eliminated
- No freedom of speech, assemembly allowed
- In an interview with the New York Times in 1929, Mussolini said: "Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in Ameica will see that sime day."
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Fascism
- Private ownership encouraged
- Censorship
- Imperialistic
- Nationalistic
- Militaristic
- Non-Democratic
- Often totalitarian dictatorship
The lateran accords
- Catholic church still very powerful in Italy
- Made the Vatican an own state
Mussolini gained power with his Blackshirt´s march on Rome. With the Acerbo Law, he gained complete power and eleminated all non-fascist parties. He changed Italy into a fascist dictatorship where there wasn´t any freedom of speech or assembly and everything was censored.