By: Eduardo De Casas Esteban Vasquez Sharon Situ Ashley Martinez Rodrigo Garcia Italy

 Prime minister of Italy. He originally believed in communism, but his political view soon shifted from socialism to Fascism.

 Italian Fascism=  Nationalism, Totalitarianism, Single Party State, Social Darwinism, Militarism, Mixed Economy, Class Collaboration, Corporatism, etc.

 Mussolini’s Italian fascists were primarily anti- democratic, anti-Semitic, and anti-Marxist  They fascists also abided by the ideals of Corporatism

 Corporatism was the organizing of all aspects of society into social, economic, and political categories  Fascists used this to help the economy thrive

 Fascist government limited the number of women employees (e.g. working in factories)  They believed women should stay home and bear children  Result: Women were working as domestic servants

The Italian Fascists were known as “The Black Shirts”

 In 1929 the Roman Catholic Church and the Italian state made peace  Lateran Accords of February 1929 was signed

 Wanted the fascist government to have a mixture of socialism and the laissez-faire system

 Mussolini in 1938 replaces the Chamber of Deputies with the Chamber of Corporations  This new corporation was suppose to increase productions.

 Gains economic power through Institute for Industrial Reconstruction

The Institute for Industrial Reconstruction was the Italian public holding established in 1933

 It was an attempt to reconstruct the financial banks and private companies that went bankrupted during the Great Depression in Italy

 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia  Invasion happens because of Italy’s financial problems

 League of Nations urges its members to not purchase Italian goods  Wages continues to be depressed

 Fascism brings dislocation and falling standard of living in Italy