Mussolini and many of his colleagues were elected to parliament in May of 1921 with the support of Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti. By November‚ they were formally established as a political party known as the Partito Nazionale Fascista. In August of 1922‚ Mussolini took advantage of a strike when his men‚ known as the blackshirts‚ broke the strike. In October of 1922‚ he declared that the government’s weakness required intervention as he ordered his violent blackshirt squads to gather in four areas
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who did not support the Fascist party. The majority of people of Italy were aware of this violent behavior‚ but were pleased with the work the fascist party was doing. These events and opportunities granted Mussolini the chance to take power. Mussolini exhibited his power during his historical “March on Rome” on October 27‚ 1922. This “march” demonstrated his power‚ illustrating to the people of Italy that he was fearless and powerful. The king during the time invites Mussolini to discuss his future
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personality clashes and a power struggle between senior party members. The ambiguity of Lenin’s will paved the way for the apparent heir to seize power‚ sparking conflict between Trotsky and Stalin. The ensuing struggle for power triggered fierce disputes over the economy and the question of succession was reflected in battles between the dominant right and left wing. Despite Trotsky’s standpoint as unofficial deputy to Lenin‚ Stalin was able to seize the role through his notion of socialism in one
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Mao Zedong Mao Zedong was born in Chaochan in Hunan province in 1893. He is considered to be the father of Communist China and along side Sun Yat sen and Chiang Kai Shek played a fundamental part in China’s recent history. He came from a peasant family. His education was hard and he experienced no luxuries same with all the peasants that living in 19th century China. He first became a Marxist while he worked as a library assistant at Peking University. In June 1921‚ he co-founded the Chinese
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the Chinese people. One of these individuals was Mao Zedong‚ leader of the Communist Party. The beliefs and achievements of Mao Zedong portrayed him as both a hero and a villain. He influenced Chinese society dramatically. When Mao Zedong faced the Nationalists with his new ideas of communism‚ he was a hero to the peasants during the 1930s. Mao won the support of the majority by promising the peasants land from warlords and economic equality. When Mao pledged to give social equality‚ peasants were
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the successor to the late Joseph Stalin‚ stood at the helm of the Kremlin for a majority of the Cold War‚ from 1953-1964. Khrushchev spent a great part of his time in power solidifying foreign relations and working toward the domestic unification of the Soviet Union‚ which Stalin had shredded. During his time devoted to the outer parts of the Soviet Union‚ Khrushchev dealt with many people wanting a life with the western virtues which were infringing upon other parts of the USSR. To counter this
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The Great Chinese Revolution Stage 2: Socialist Revolution 1949 -1953 Big Ideas of the Triumph of the Chinese Communist Party and its Foreign Relations Idea #1 Events in China were dramatically affected by the Second World War in Asia and the tensions of the early Cold War. Idea #2 The Chinese Civil war was both lost by the GMD and won by the CCP. Idea #3 Mao Zedong viewed his victory in October of 1949 as the completion of the first step in a two-step process to transform Chinese society
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China became Communist in 1949. The Americans had always regarded China as their outpost in the East. A massive Communist stronghold had appeared. Furthermore‚ spies informed Truman that Stalin was using Cominform to help Communists win power in other parts of the world. Many believed the Domino Effect‚ where Communism spread from one country to another like wildfire. When South Korea was invaded in 1950‚ many thought that only military action would do to stop the world from becoming Communist. After
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The political power struggle in China is a phenomenon that has been occurring for centuries. Since the beginning of its political history in 221 BC‚ China had been ruled by a dynastic governing system. This system was based off of the lineage of power passed down in a family or line and caused unrest due to its lack of democracy years before the issues leading up to the war began. This age-old political structure was one of the various factors that played into the eruption that would become the
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How did Fidel Castro maintain power despite his dictatorial ruling? The elaboration of this topic requires sources that can be explain and analyzed. The first source used in this investigation is an IDBP History Article title Castro’s tactic of control in Cuba this document is valuable to the investigation. This source contains a breakdown of the different way a leader applies certain principle to gain power. This article explained how a country to control absolute political power need to control
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