 What would you do if the world around you was collapsing,

bad economy, no jobs, etc. and the government was not

working? Explain in complete sentences.
 A military political movement.
 Emphasized loyalty to the state
and one leader.
 No clearly defined theory or
program.
 (Salutes, rallies, uniforms,
special colors)
SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES

 Rule by a dictator.  Believed that each class had a place in

 Only one political party. society.
 No individual rights.  Nationalist instead of internationalist.
 State is supreme.  Fascist party included aristocrats,
 No democracy. industrialists, veterans, and workers.
 Disappointment over lack of
territory from Treaty of
Versailles.
 Rising inflation and
unemployment.
 Italy looks for a leader.
 Newspaper editor/politician
Benito Mussolini promises to
rescue Italy.
 Founds fascist party in 1919.
 Attacks communists and
socialists.
 October 1922, 30,000 fascists
march to Rome.
 Demand King Victor Emanuel III
put Mussolini in charge.
 He Does!
 Do you think it was a good idea for King Victor Emmanuel III
to give Mussolini power?

 What might result from this?

 Mussolini = Il Duce
 Gets rid of democracy.
 Outlaws all other political
parties.
 Secret police.
 Censors media.
 Outlaws strikes.
 Italy failed to take
Ethiopia as a colony in
the 19th C.
 Mussolini wants to
correct that,
 He invades and takes
control of Ethiopia.
 Ethiopia asks the
League of Nations for
help but they only tell
Mussolini to stop.