By: Eduardo De Casas Esteban Vasquez Sharon SituAshley MartinezRodrigo Garcia

Italy

BENITO MUSSOLINI

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

ITALIAN FASCISM

Italian Fascism= Nationalism, Totalitarianism, Single

Party State, Social Darwinism, Militarism, Mixed Economy, Class Collaboration, Corporatism, etc.

ITALIAN FASCISM (CONT.)

Mussolini’s Italian fascists were primarily anti-democratic, anti-Semitic, and anti-Marxist

They fascists also abided by the ideals of Corporatism

ITALIAN FASCISM (CONT.)

Corporatism was the organizing of all aspects of society into social, economic, and political categories

Fascists used this to help the economy thrive

ITALIAN FASCIST VIEW OF WOMEN 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

BLACK SHIRTS

The Italian Fascists were known as “The Black Shirts”

ITALIANS PEACE AT LAST

In 1929 the Roman Catholic Church and the Italian state made peace

Lateran Accords of February 1929 was signed

ITALY’S ECONOMIC SYSTEM

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

ITALY’S ECONOMIC SYSTEM (CONT.)

Mussolini in 1938 replaces the Chamber of Deputies with the Chamber of Corporations

This new corporation was suppose to increase productions.

ITALY GAINS SOME ECONOMIC POWER

Gains economic power through Institute for Industrial Reconstruction

INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL RECONSTRUCTION

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

INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL RECONSTRUCTION (CONT.)

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

ITALY’S INVASION

1935 Italy invades Ethiopia Invasion happens because of Italy’s

financial problems

RESULTS:

League of Nations urges its members to not purchase Italian goods

Wages continues to be depressed

RESULTS: (CONTINUED)

Fascism brings dislocation and falling standard of living in Italy