How Did Mussolini Treat The Blackshirt

At the end of World War 1, Italy recieved very little from the Treaty of Versailles even though it was one of the winning nations along with America, France, and Britain. The Italian national pride took a hit and the people felt cheated. As chaos grew, Mussolini and his party recruited unemployed ex-soldiers and formed small groups that would restore peace in the streets of Italy. They were known as the Blackshirts, clashed with communists and anarchists. The government did nothing about the blackshirts’ actions due to its weakness and fear of a communist takeover. In two years the group grew largely and transformed into the National Fascist Party in 1921. That same year, Benito Mussolini was elected to the Chambers of Deputies.
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As Prime Minister, Mussolini’s goals included– restoring national pride, increasing productivity, re-starting the economy, removing excessive business regulations, and imposing order.Benito Mussolini visited Germany in 1938 and made an alliance with Adolf Hitler. Returning to Italy, Mussolini adopted the Nazi goose-step marching style for the Italian army. He then declared the Manifesto of Race in which Italian Jews were striped from their citizenship and ability to hold public office. The Manifesto of Race was almost identical to the Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany. Mussolini was not anti-Jewish, but enacted the laws as a political tactic to enhance his alliance with Germany. These laws show how influential Adolf Hitler had become with the Fascist State. Prior to the Manifesto of Race, Mussolini held the view that the small Jewish population in Italy should remain undisturbed. Pope Pius XII even wrote Mussolini a letter protesting the new laws. The Pact of Steel, May 1939 made the friendship and alliance of Italy and Germany