Italy+1920-1930

Italy 1920-1930 Molly Gray, John D'Attilio Story American History II 9 January 2013

__Italy Timeline__
 * 1922: Mussolini forms fascist government after years of unstable economy
 * 1922: Mussolini organized the march of Rome
 * 1923: Mussolini got his kids baptized by church to gain trust
 * 1926: Opposing parties began to be suppressed by the fascists
 * 1927: Mussolini changed the value of the lira to ninety per pound of sterling
 * 1929: State of Vatican City is established after the Lateran Treaty is signed

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__About 1920 Italy__ Mussolini gained power from the march of Rome. Mussolini and his fascist supporters over throw the king and many common people. Giaconda Mattcotti was the leader of the Socialist party and the march on Rome and successfully destroyed socialist’s workers middle class and youth. (“Italy”) He used violence when he took over the social workers’ middle class and youth. {“Italy”) His arch enemy died and was assassinated. Mussolini also had all of the fascist members who supported him. His power grew stronger by killing people who hated and opposed his ideas and him as a person. Some of the goals and objectives of the fascist party were that they wanted to go back to the good old days which of glory in Rome. They wanted a strong nationalist country. They also wanted a strong military and a strong dictatorship. The kind of government Italy had was a fascist government. Mussolini realized though that Italy did not have the forces or resources to fight against the power countries like France and Britain. So he decided to become allies with Hitler. Mussolini was not keen on world domination, but Hitler was. So when Hitler went to war against Great Britain and France, Italy had to follow them. This situation that Italy is exactly the reason why the US didn't want to get involved in a group like League of Nations. The only reason Italy got involved was because they had an alliance with Germany. If the USA had got involved in the League of Nations then whenever another country goes to war the USA has to follow them. The US decided to opt out of joining the League of Nations. I think that was a good idea because Europe was destroyed after they had gone through both their wars. The relationship between Italy and United States was pretty good. Both of those countries were part of the NATO treaty. Although Great Britain and Italy were fighting against each other in WWII. The only reason that happened was because Germany had gone to war with Great Britain and France. Italy was required to follow because of their alliance with Germany. Ethiopia had territory in Africa. Ethiopia wanted their independence in Africa They fought the Ethiopian War against Italy and got their freedom, and were better armed. Also there was another event going on which was Italy’s involvement with the civil war. The last event was Italy joining the Axis with Japan and Germany which then led to World War II. Italy and Germany along with Japan were all fascist. They joined together; this way they thought they could be stronger and appear more intimidating when they were fighting. They also thought this was one of the major ways to win World War II.

__Work Cited__ City Slicker "Rome-Italy's unique Capital City". may 24, 2009 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/city-slicker-rome--italys-unique-capital-city-1689915.html

Greenspan Jesse. History.com. Photograph October 25, 2012

http://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-Mussolini

"Italy." // Europe Since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction //. Ed. John Merriman and Jay Winter. Vol. 3. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006. 1473-1488. // World History in Context //. Web. 9 Jan. 2014.

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