The rise and fall of Fascism in Italy, c1911-1946

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Italy in early 20th century, c1911-18
LO: the liberal political system, economic and social problems, the north-south divide, Italy as a 'great power'
28  cards
Giolitti's government in 1911
LO: influence of Giolitti, relations with socialists, Catholic Church and nationalists, and foreign policy
42  cards
growing instability, 1912-14
LO: impact of invasion of Libya, impact of the franchise extension of 1912, growth of nationalism and socialism, resignation of Giolitti, the declaration of neutrality 1914
33  cards
impact of the First World War
LO: intervention crisis, military stalemate between 1915-6, defeat at Caporetto, socialist responses to war, the war economy and cost of war, and the significance of victory
69  cards
challenges to the liberal state
LO: mutilated victory, occupation of Fiume, post-war economic crisis and social discontent, political reforms, growth of PSI and Catholic Party, result and impact of elections Nov. 1919
89  cards
Mussolini and the development of fascism, 1919-22
LO: foundation of Fasci di Combattimento and party programme, squadrismo and the move to the right, political legitimacy, the PNF, the 'New Programme', nature and extent of fascist support in 1922
36  cards
Mussolini gains power, 1920-22
LO: taking advantage of political unrest, establishing a dual policy, the March on Rome and its significance, role of Victor Emmanuel III, Mussolini's appointment as PM
50  cards
the creation of a fascist dictatorship, 1922-26
LO: parliamentary compromise and coercion, controlling the PNF, the Acerbo Law and Matteotti crisis, repression in 1925 and constitutional amendments 1925-26
81  cards
consent and control 1925-40
LO: indoctrination of education and youth, Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro, press control censorship and propaganda, the cult of Il Duce, the influence of fascist culture, repression and terror, antisemitic decrees
88  cards
relationship with political and economic interests
LO: monarchy and conservative elites, central and local govt, PNF and Nationalists, economic interest groups
43  cards
PAPER FLASHCARDS economic policies
LO: early policies and shift towards fascist economics, the Corporate State, response to the Depression, autarky, the battle of births, battle for the land, and the battle for the grain, agricultural policies
0  cards
relationship with the Catholic Church
LO: the move away from anticlerical views, Pope Pius XI, impact of the Lateran Pacts, church support for the regime, church-state tensions in the 1930s
33  cards
Italy's international standing in 1935
LO: Mussolini's foreign policy aims, impact of foreign policy before 1934, relations with Britain, France, and Germany, the Stresa Front 1935
36  cards
foreign policy, 1935-40
LO: invasion of Abyssinia, intervention in Spanish Civil War, diplomatic breakdown of Stresa Front and move towards Germany, domestic tensions, Pact of Steel, Italian neutrality
57  cards
impact of the Second World War, 1940-43
LO: entry into war in 1940, the course of the war for Italy, war economy and military weaknesses, political tensions 1943, Mussolini deposed
83  cards
democracy restored, 1943-46
LO: the Allied invasion, the Republic of Salo, and the govt in the south, German surrender and Mussolini's death, outcomes of the referendum and elections 1946
73  cards

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