Mussolini Benito Research Benito Mussolini was a strict dictator and overall a mean and violent individual. Mussolini’s rise to power took a long time but after many years he became dictator. He changed the society of Italy for the worst. Last, his crimes against the citizens of Russia and other countries were violent. Mussolini rise to power started when he got his teaching degree. He taught an elementary school in 1902-04. After that, King Victor Emmanuel III asked Mussolini to be in government and he accepted the invitation. In 1919 he created a Fascist party. Fascist means advocate or follower of Fascism. In 1922 made a march called The March on Rome and called his they called his people Black Shirts: Soldiers and believers of fascism.
