Mussolini key points and answers Explain why Mussolini was appointed as Prime Minister in October 1922. • Liberal Italy had failed to win over the Italian nation – post-war debt of 85 million Lire‚ the Mutilated Settlement‚ failure to deal with Fiume and 5 different Prime Ministers since 1917 – people turned to extremists as an alternative‚ such as the Fascists • fear of communism by the Middle and Upper Classes in Italy after the Bienno Rosso and increasing left-wing action – Mussolini
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beliefs led to the assassination of their new dictator Julius Caesar. The lack of a leader created turmoil and civil war in the Roman Republic and thousands of people lost their lives. Octavian‚ Julius Caesar’s adopted son‚ took this opportunity to rise to power and beat down the armies of Marc Antony and his wife Cleopatra in order to gain complete rule over Rome. Later‚ in honor of his greatness‚ Octavian’s name was changed into Augustus. With his new name and supreme authority‚ Caesar Augustus transformed
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People’s Republic of China‚ once said that “Every communist must grasp the truth: political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” Zedong’s metaphor accurately characterizes the oppressive nature of the Communist regime of the Stalinist era. Such totalitarian systems maintain control over its citizens through the exercise of coercion‚ reward systems‚ mass media‚ and propaganda. This kind of totalitarian government sought to deprive its citizens of individual rights and integrate them into the system
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occupied by the United States military shortly after. Throughout the next three decades‚ Cuba operated as a free nation while the U.S. maintained close supervision. In 1933‚ Fulgencio Batista headed a revolt that overthrew Gerardo Machado’s authoritarian rule and Batista assumed power. Beginning in 1934‚ Batista maintained control of Cuba through a chain of puppet presidents until he was elected President in 1940. Batista served for four years and then moved to the United States. However‚ Batista returned
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separate states of Italy had finally become a unified country. Nationalism played a ver large part in this unification process. If it hadn’t been for the people of this region having a strong sense of pride for their country‚ Italy would still be split up into many nations as it was in the early 1800’s. There were certain people who helped move this process along tremendously‚ including Cavour‚ Mazzini and Garibaldi. All these great men helped form new movements or ideas. Then in the late 1800’s‚ the
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Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) 	Benito Mussolini was the fascist dictator of Italy for nearly 20 years. Benito was born at Dovia‚ a suburb of Predappio‚ in the northcentral part of Italy. His father‚ Alessando‚ was a blacksmith. And his mother‚ Rosa‚ was a schoolteacher. As a young man‚ Mussolini was a Socialist with revolutionary tendencies. He was expelled from 2 schools and later was in trouble with the authorities several times. In 1912 he became editor of the Socialist newspaper
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Italy is a country that has gone through many changes throughout its history. It has faced many obstacles but has remained nationalistic and eager for unification. The political history of Italy is quite extensive. The Greeks were the first to settle in Italy and established colonies in the southern part of the country and in Sicily. There was not a sense of political reality as much as there was a civilization (Windows on Italy- History). While the Greeks controlled the south the Gauls‚ or
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There are several results after the First World War‚ including the resentment about the Paris Peace Conference‚ and the rise of Mussolini and Hitler. But it is believed that the rise of Fascism in Italy and Nazism in Germany was not primarily a result of the First World War. The Paris Peace Conference was the real main result of the First World War. After First World War‚ the Treaty of Versailles took away Germany’s colonies and forced the country to pay $33 billion to Britain and France in the
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an extremist party‚ Adolf Hitler climbed onto a table and fired his pistol. "The National Socialist revolution has begun!" Hitler’s rise to power is one of the most significant events of our century. People today still debate how and why Hitler’s totalitarian dictatorship in the 1930’s was such a big success with support of many Germans. At the time of Hitler’s rise‚ Germans were in a rough time of sorrow and unemployment. In order to stabilize the economy many workers were needed to reconstruct
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movements to seize control over the current government. As a general secretary of the Communist Party‚ he secretly moved his supporters into positions of power in order to seize full control over the government. He began his ruthless climb to become a new of Russian government. And
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