TASIS
IB European History – Year Two (Taylor)
Spring Term
Mussolini and Economic Policy; Fascism and the Church: Robson, pp. 81-93; 9699
Corporate State
Autarky
Battle for the Lira
Ministry of Corporations
Confindustria
Labour Charter
Chamber of Fasces
Institute for Industrial Reconstruction (IRI)
Battle for Grain
“Mussolini made the trains run on time”
Lateran Agreements
Catholic Action
Radio Vatican
Reading Questions:
1) How would you describe Mussolini’s initial economic policies?
2) Why did he devaluate the lira and what were the consequences of that decision?
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3) Consider the “corporate state” in theory and practice.
4) How did the fascist state respond to the Great Depression?
5) What were the successes and failures of autarky?
6) How did workers fare under Mussolini?
7) How would you describe Mussolini’s agricultural policy? Was it successful?
8) How do you account for the Lateran Agreements?
9) What issues divided the fascist state and the Church?
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