Mussolini And the rise of Fascism
- The founder of Fascism
- used black shirts as a paramilitary force
- COmes to power in 1923 after the March on Rome
- King Emmanuel 3 refused to sign an emergency legislation to prevent it- he refused allowing Mussolini to come to power.
- Acerbo Law- forced through parliament gauranteed that the party with the most voted would get 2/3 of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies
- The Catholic Church was the most powerful remaining body in Italy
- Fearing Mussolini's wrath Pope Pius XI signed a deal
- Gave the church:
- Control over religious education in schools
- Recognition as the State religion
- The right for the pope to rule his own state known as the Vatican
- Mussolini got recognition by the Church as the legitimate leader
Fascism
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