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Creation of Fascist Dictatorship Flashcards

1
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how many deputies were fascist

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32 out of 535

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2
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‘National Government’

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consisted predominantly of right wing groups

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3
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Mussolini’s cabinet

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4 fascists
4 liberals
2 PPI
1 nationalist
General Diaz

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4
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Fascist Grand Council

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Dec 1922
Acted as a committee where leading Fascists would meet to discuss political issues

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5
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MSVN

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Jan 1923
consisted of 300,000 black shirts
Meant Mussolini could exert his power more than over the squads

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6
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Growth in PNF membership Oct 1922-Dec 1923

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300,000 to 783,000

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7
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Nationalists merged w/ PNF

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Feb 1923

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Acerbo Law

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Passed in July 1923
Got rid of PR
Party that gained most votes would be allocated 2/3 of seats if they got > 25%
Remaining 1/3 allocated by PR

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9
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Support for Acerbo Law

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Supported by Fascists and Liberals as they thought it would end political instability
Law was passed by 235 for and 139 against

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10
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Fascist coalition w/ right wing liberals in 1924 elections

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66%

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Number of fascist MPs in parliament increase

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32 to 374

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12
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Communist, socialist and opposition party vote

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2.5 million votes

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13
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Matteotti crisis

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1924
Leader of PSU called for the elections to be annulled
11 days after was kidnapped and stabbed to death by fascists
Mussolini denied involvement

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14
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Aventine Succession

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July 1924
Opposition parties walked out of Chamber of Deputies
Hoped king would dismiss Mussolini

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15
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Consequences of Aventine Succession

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Press censorship introduced in July 1924
All meetings by opposition political groups banned in Aug 1924

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16
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Mussolini announces his dictatorship

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3rd Jan 1925

17
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All journalists required to have their names on a central office register

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After Dec 1925

18
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Mussolini banned all other political parties

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Dec 1925

19
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Freedom of association banned

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25th Nov 1926

20
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Mussolini gained power to pass laws by personal decree

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Jan 1926

21
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1925 constitutional amendments

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PNF centralised
Trade Unions abolished and replaced w/ Fascist corporations
Press censorship tightened
Mussolini was answerable to king, not parliament

22
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1926 constitutional amendments

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Elected mayors replaced w/ Podestas appointment by Mussolini
All other political parties banned
Purge of civil service and judiciary
Special tribunal for political crimes

23
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1927 constitutional amendments

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Establishment of OVRA

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