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35 Cards in this Set
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When was the Treaty of London signed?
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May 1915
Italy will join war on the side of triplt entente |
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Why did Italy first stay neutral?
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Austria broke terms of the treaty.
Socialists, catholics and liberal=stay neutral nationalists=WAR! |
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What were the street demonstrations that demanded involvment in the war?
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radiant days of may
caused italian participation in the war |
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battle of caporetto
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november 1917
over 40,00 italians killed, a low for italy at war |
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Vittorio Veneto
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October 1918- win over austria-hungary
the loses were more prominent that the wins so looked over (insignifigant) |
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effect of loses during the war
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heavy economic burden, high unemployment, HIGH inflation... germany screwed
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when did the war end?
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November 1918
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Why was the victory of the war "mutilated" in Italy
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they did not recieve what they were supposed to.
the liberal government was not able to deliver promises, cause more lack of faith in the government |
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when were the peace paris conferences
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January 1919
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when was the italian popular party formed
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january 1919
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Bienno Rosso (the two red years)
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1919-november 1920
poor economic conditions, lack of faith in liberal government lead to the socialist threat, many strikes |
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when was te third way introduced
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1918 by mussolini (duh)
began with attack the catholic church, into journalism, opposed to imperialism in 1918 changed views to opposite of socialism through his newspaper |
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When was the "combat group" formed?
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23 March 1919
mussolini combine the futurists and facists--basically a group to get the liberal government out |
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election where no facist membrs were elected
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November 1919
they had a following but not enough to get the new govenment voted in--showed weakness of his party |
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when were the first steps towards making the facist movement a national movement
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april 1921
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what decreased mussolini's ability to achieve real power
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may 1921
giolitti introduced a tax that affected investments weakening power of rival gov. against liberal gov |
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pact of pacification
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2 august 1921
mussolini sign for peace w/ opposition |
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when did the fascist begin to be a formal political party
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october 1921
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when was mussolini elected leader of the national fascist party
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november 1921
keeps party terms vague in order to gain a lot of support, only against liberals and socialists |
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dual policy
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1922
encourage violence by ras, tell conservatives no intention of violence gain support of both |
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squadristi violence
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spring 1922
liberal government couldnt control even the police to go against the fascists |
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how did mussolini gain support
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declaring wars against groups to gain support against other groups even if he doesn't believe in those wars
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the march on rome
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24 october 1922
appease militant supporters--it was going to happen anyways, needed to keep power by being part of it |
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why was italian unification not succesful
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only 2% of italians spoke italian, regionalism, only looked good on paper
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what gave the fascist movement power to take off
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mutilated victory at ww1, economic problems, weak liberal government
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Matteoti crisis
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june 1924
murdered matteotti to get rid of the opposition--popularity of mussolini faltered |
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when did Ethiopia get added to italy
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october 1935
show power that mussolini can get some of what italy wants |
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when did mussolini become prime minister
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29 october 1922
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what did mussolini want for italy's economics
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self sufficient
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battle for grain
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1925
forced collectivization |
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battle for the lira
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18 august 1926
lira was revalued (under 92 per pound, but should be 150 per pound)--inflation begins |
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battle of the births
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1938--women encouraged to have children, less taxes for more babies, bachelors taxed more than families, outlaw contraception/abortion
actually decreased birth rate |
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the lateran agreement
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1929
Catholicism=state religion, get the catholic's support |
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Abyssinian crisis
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1935
invaded Abyssinia |
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when did italy leave the league of nations
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1935 after Abyssinian crisis because of their response (economic sanctions on italy, italian ships can not carry weapons)
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