1. Knowledge Connections
Vocabulary 
Fascism
Black Shirts
Term
Definition
Knowledge Connections
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2. What type of society was created by Mussolini in Italy?
Essential Question
What type of society was created by Mussolini in Italy?

3. Many Italians were calling for a revolution…
What problems was Italy facing?
After World War I, Italy was faced with:
Huge debts
High unemployment
High inflation (prices money )
Many Italians were calling for a revolution…

4. Who was Mussolini? During this time of trouble, a new leader emerged…
Benito Mussolini
Promised to fix the economy
Restore order
Build Italy into a great nation

5. How did he change Italy? He created the FASCIST PARTY…
… followers were known as the BLACK SHIRTS
As leader of this party, Mussolini was made Prime Minister of Italy in 1922

6. Very different from democracy
What exactly is fascism?
Very different from democracy
Fascism is …
Nation
Individual
The government glorifies the nation over the individual …. The nation needs a strong leader backed by a strong military…

7. What was Italy like under Mussolini?
The slogan of Fascist Italy “BELIEVE, OBEY, COMBAT”
People were allowed to own property (unlike a communist nation)
There were social classes (because some groups were stronger and better than others)
All other political parties were outlawed (the Fascist Party was the only party)
Mussolini was in charge… and he planned to create an empire….

8. What type of society was created by Mussolini in Italy?
Essential Question
What type of society was created by Mussolini in Italy?

9. Italy becomes a FASCIST society