Life in Fascist Italy (Junior Cert History): Flashcards
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Definition of Fascism
Definition of Fascism
One-party dictatorship, anti-democratic, nationalistic, totalitarian govt w/ single leader
Year Mussolini founded Fascist Party
Year Mussolini founded Fascist Party
1919
Date Mussolini became Italian PM
Date Mussolini became Italian PM
28th October 1922
What Acerbo Law (1923) ensured
What Acerbo Law (1923) ensured
Party w/ most votes got 2/3 of govt seats
Meaning of Il Duce
Meaning of Il Duce
The Leader
Year & partner of Lateran Treaty
Year & partner of Lateran Treaty
1929, Pope Pius XI
No. of corporations in Corporate State
No. of corporations in Corporate State
22
Purpose of Battle for Grain
Purpose of Battle for Grain
Increase wheat production
What was Rome-Berlin Axis (1936)
What was Rome-Berlin Axis (1936)
Alliance between Italy & Germany
What were Black Shirts
What were Black Shirts
Mussolini's armed squads who terrorised opponents
What was OVRA
What was OVRA
Secret police in Fascist Italy
Fate of Giacomo Matteotti (1924)
Fate of Giacomo Matteotti (1924)
Opposition leader murdered
Year Mussolini invaded Abyssinia
Year Mussolini invaded Abyssinia
1935
When Italy signed armistice w/ Allies
When Italy signed armistice w/ Allies
September 1943
When Mussolini executed
When Mussolini executed
28th April 1945