History 2403E Study Guide - Final Guide: Italian Fascism, Italian Parliament, Anti-Clericalism
3 Apr 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
The conditions that existed in italy that allowed mussolini and the fascists to. Mussolini and fascism rise to power were that italy was strained socially and economically from. World war i. italian parliament was divided and was unable to respond. Many landowners were worried about socialist movements and organized themselves into violent groups. Mussolini brought the members of these groups into the fascist movements. Mussolini attempted to gain political power while the fascist squads continued their assaults on socialists. Mussolini"s fascists won 30 seats in parliament after joining the prime ministers national bloc coalition. He used threats of force to push his way into the cabinet. He gained 63% of the vote next election due to his intimidation tactics. After that he was given the authority to take executive actions without being responsible to parliament. Next month he received power to legislate by decree: mussolini reorganized the state economically by creating corporations to regulate the economy.
