The Emergence of Fascism in Italy (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards
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Year Italy joined WWI
Year Italy joined WWI
1915
Treaty of London's promise to Italy
Treaty of London's promise to Italy
Territory from Austro-Hungarian Empire along Adriatic Coast
Meaning of 'Italia Irredenta'
Meaning of 'Italia Irredenta'
Unredeemed Italy
Who was Gabriele D'Annunzio?
Who was Gabriele D'Annunzio?
Poet & ultra-nationalist who seized Fiume in Sept 1919
Month/year D'Annunzio seized Fiume
Month/year D'Annunzio seized Fiume
September 1919
Italy's WWI debt in lire
Italy's WWI debt in lire
85 billion lire
PSI vote % in 1919 election
PSI vote % in 1919 election
36%
Year Italian Communist Party (PCI) formed
Year Italian Communist Party (PCI) formed
1921
Mussolini's former party & newspaper
Mussolini's former party & newspaper
Socialist Party; editor of Avanti!
Year Mussolini formed Fasci Italiani di Combattimento
Year Mussolini formed Fasci Italiani di Combattimento
1919
What were the squadristi?
What were the squadristi?
Fascist paramilitary wing; ex-servicemen in black uniforms
Meaning of 'spazio vitale'
Meaning of 'spazio vitale'
Vital space (for Italian territorial expansion)
Number of blackshirts by August 1922
Number of blackshirts by August 1922
200,000
PM appointed after 1922 Socialist coalition collapse
PM appointed after 1922 Socialist coalition collapse
Luigi Facta
Mussolini's 'Third Way' opposed what?
Mussolini's 'Third Way' opposed what?
Both communism and capitalism