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What is totaltarianism?
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- when a state has an autocracy government and usually only one person rules the country
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How did he become prime minister of Italy?
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- he threatened people
- King of Italy got frightened and he gave in - his threat was to overthrow the government |
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What happened to Mussolini when he was 8 years old?
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- He was shipped off to catholic boarding school
- his mom was a teacher who taught him how to read, write, and speak because he was iliterate |
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What socialist views did Mussolini's father teach him and what did he encourage his son to do?
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- His dad told him to go against the authority (don't listen to your teachers and older people, challenge them)
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What was Italy in the brick of in 1919?
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- Italy was on the brick of civil war in 1919
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What did Mussolini establish on March 23, 1919?
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Mussolini established a fascist party.
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What position did King of Italy appoint Mussolini to on October 29, 1922?
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- he appointed Mussolini to be the 27th prime minister. This is because he knew he was threatened, intimidated by him, and didn't want to cause problems.
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What did Mussolini want to control every aspect of?
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- He wanted to control every aspect of the government.
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What kind of state did Mussolini establish with the abolation of all the other political parties?
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- a totaltarian state
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What was Mussolini's greatest claim to fame?
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- HE made the train run of time and more punctual
- Italy had a reputition of being slow, lazy, and layed back - Italy wanted to be considered more punctual so this helped |
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What did foreign quickly discover about Mussolini's Italy?
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- foreign journalists discovered that Mussolini's Italy government cencured newspapers
- didn't have freedom of press |
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What did Mussolini inspire Adolf Hitler to do?
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- he inspired him to be an inspiration for the Notsi party.
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What was Mussolini's greatest mistake and his greatest military mistake?
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- mistake was to invade Etheopia
- his greatest military mistake was to trust Hitler to start WWII when Italy is ready |
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What 2 countries did Mussolini underestimate at the beginning of WWII?
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- U.S.A. and Great Britain
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When did Italy enter WWII?
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- June 1940
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