Italy
By: Eduardo De Casas
Esteban Vasquez
Sharon Situ
Ashley Martinez
Rodrigo Garcia
BENITO MUSSOLINI
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Prime minister of Italy.
He originally believed in communism, but his
political view soon shifted from socialism to
Fascism.
ITALIAN FASCISM
Italian Fascism=
 Nationalism, Totalitarianism, Single Party State,
Social Darwinism, Militarism, Mixed Economy,
Class Collaboration, Corporatism, etc.
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ITALIAN FASCISM (CONT.)
Mussolini’s Italian fascists were primarily antidemocratic, anti-Semitic, and anti-Marxist
 They fascists also abided by the ideals of
Corporatism
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ITALIAN FASCISM (CONT.)
Corporatism was the organizing of all aspects
of society into social, economic, and political
categories
 Fascists used this to help the economy thrive
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ITALIAN FASCIST VIEW OF WOMEN
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Fascist government limited the number of women employees
(e.g. working in factories)
They believed women should stay home and bear children
Result: Women were working as domestic servants
BLACK SHIRTS
The Italian Fascists were known as “The Black Shirts”
ITALIANS PEACE AT LAST
In 1929 the Roman Catholic Church and the
Italian state made peace
 Lateran Accords of February 1929 was signed
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ITALY’S ECONOMIC SYSTEM
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Wanted the fascist government to have a
mixture of socialism and the laissez-faire
system
ITALY’S ECONOMIC SYSTEM (CONT.)
Mussolini in 1938 replaces the Chamber of
Deputies with the Chamber of Corporations
 This new corporation was suppose to increase
productions.
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ITALY GAINS SOME ECONOMIC POWER
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Gains economic power through Institute for
Industrial Reconstruction
INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL
RECONSTRUCTION
The Institute for Industrial Reconstruction
was the Italian public holding established in
1933
INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL RECONSTRUCTION
(CONT.)
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It was an attempt to reconstruct the financial
banks and private companies that went
bankrupted during the Great Depression in Italy
ITALY’S INVASION
1935 Italy invades Ethiopia
 Invasion happens because of Italy’s financial
problems
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RESULTS:
League of Nations urges its members to not
purchase Italian goods
 Wages continues to be depressed
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RESULTS: (CONTINUED)
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Fascism brings dislocation and falling standard
of living in Italy