Benito Mussolini ( 1883-1945

born in small town in north
1. harsh father leniant mother
Boy
1. bully in school
2. average student
politics
1. a socialist when young
  1. belief in workers control over society
  2. socialist opposed ww1
    1. wanted italy to join in 1915 to gain land later
soldier
1. became a seargeant
2. loved war
3. slightly injured but kept crutch to look good
Fasci
1. founded fascist party in 1919
2. wanted one strong leader as dictator
3. wanted totalitarian ( one party ) rule
4. opposed communism
  1. wanted the state to take over all wealth in the name of the workers
5. private army of blackshirts
  1. used roman salute
march 'on' Rome
1. in 1922 they threatened the king with civil war
  1. invited mussolini to rome to form a government
    1. came on the train
      1. claimed they marched to rome
Electoral law 1923
1. Gave his fascist party control of Italy
  1. soon became a dictator
    1. il duce
      1. promised to crush communism and the mafia

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