Mussolini

Which of the following were a result of the Lateran Pact?

[blank_start]Futurism[blank_end] was an important Italian artistic movement in 190[blank_start]9[blank_end]. It represented a passion for industrial progress. The artist Filippo T. Marinetti wanted [blank_start]Futurism[blank_end] to be the visual representation of Fascism.

What was Cinecitta?

1926 Mussolini ruled by [blank_start]decree[blank_end], and therefore he no longer needed to respond to parliament.

Match the following with their dates, aims, effects etc.: The Locarno Pact: - 19[blank_start]25[blank_end] - A series of treaties signed by France, Germany, Britain, [blank_start]Belgium, and Italy[blank_end] - Included Mutual Guarantee with [blank_start]Italy and Britain[blank_end] - Did not include a guaranteed definition of [blank_start]Germany's[blank_end] eastern frontiers - Which [blank_start]lessened[blank_end] his diplomatic triumph

Background of Foreign policy in Fiume 1924 Fiume was a free city between [blank_start]Yugoslavia[blank_end] and Italy. It was mainly [blank_start]Italian[blank_end] speaking which is why [blank_start]Italian's[blank_end] felt they had a claim to it. In [blank_start]1919[blank_end] [blank_start]Gabriele D'Annunzio[blank_end] and nationalist supporters occupied Fiume in the name of Italy. This was until [blank_start]1920[blank_end] when they were removed by the Prime Minister; [blank_start]Giovanni Giolitti[blank_end].

In the invasion of Fiume, Mussolini invaded under the pretext that...

Mussolini's foreign policy in Fiume was a success and helped Mussolini's publicity.

Chose the correct words/dates for each of these statements about German-Italian relation pacts. 1936; [blank_start]Rome[blank_end]-[blank_start]Berlin[blank_end] [blank_start]Axis[blank_end] was an understanding of friendship between Germany and Italy 1937; [blank_start]Anti[blank_end]-[blank_start]Comintern[blank_end] [blank_start]Pact[blank_end] was against [blank_start]Bolshevism[blank_end] and formed between Germany, Japan and then Italy. 1939; [blank_start]Pact[blank_end] of [blank_start]Steel[blank_end] was a full military alliance between Mussolini and Hitler

The Corfu Incident was a foreign policy aim that greatly increased Mussolini's positive image.

In 1923 Mussolini blamed who for the murder of Italian diplomats at the Greek-Albanian border?

Chose the correct words for the following sentences about the Battle for Grain. The Battle for Grain, in [blank_start]1925[blank_end], aimed at making Italy more self-sufficient in agriculture by; - [blank_start]reducing[blank_end] the [blank_start]import[blank_end] of wheat and cereal - dedicating [blank_start]more[blank_end] land to grain production - investing [blank_start]more[blank_end] into the mechanization of farming - Making land that was for olives and citrus into land for wheat It resulted in: - The [blank_start]North[blank_end] getting an increase in the mechanization of farming. (But the [blank_start]South[blank_end] did not.) - The exports of traditional Italian products being [blank_start]dropped[blank_end] - [blank_start]Some[blank_end] self-sufficiency of wheat production in Italy ([blank_start]1931[blank_end])

Which of the following domestic/economic policies was responsible for the following? The draining of marshes and swamps. (Hint is below) HINT: Occurred in 1926

Which of the following are true for the Battle of Lira?

The [blank_start]Battle[blank_end] of Births occured in 1927 and aimed to develop a new [blank_start]market[blank_end] for Italian industrialized products. Mussolini wanted to population to go from 40 million to [blank_start]60[blank_end] million. Mussolini therefore announced new legislation and a new [blank_start]tax[blank_end] system to reward families and penalize bachelors. Propaganda began to target [blank_start]women[blank_end]s roles as house[blank_start]wifes[blank_end] and [blank_start]mothers[blank_end]. The Battle for Births did not accomplish much except for a slight growth in population which however could be credited to [blank_start]Cath[blank_end]olicism.

The Battle over the Southern Problem promised rapid [blank_start]urban[blank_end]ization of the South.

Which of the following is true about 'The Battle over the Southern Problem'?

In 1920, after the Battle over the Southern Problem, [blank_start]87[blank_end]% of peasants owned [blank_start]13[blank_end]% of the land.