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Life in Fascist Italy - Coggle Diagram

- - - - The value of the Lira was kept artificially high by increasing exchange rates, increasing import costs and thereby promoting local business/industries.
    - - Agrarian land reform that aimed to increase the food production of Italy. This did not succeed.
    - - The Pontine marshes around Rome were drained (as well as other uninhabitable areas) to create useful space for Italy.
  - - - Corporations would only have to recognize and negotiate with certain unions (Fascist worker unions)--silencing non-fascist workers.
    - - Banned strikes and set up syndicates. The syndicates were entirely controlled by fascist appointed officials.
      - Syndicates would be controlled by the Ministry of corporations, which had the power to draw up contracts, fix wages and settle disputes.
    - - Collective contracts were created, which included provision for social insurance to cover illness, injury and unemployment.
      - Concreted state support for syndicates, as well as private ownership of the industries.
- - - - Focused on race: how the Italian people should stay pure.
        
        Emphasis on the glory of the Roman Empire, and how Mussolini would build a modern Italian empire.
        
        Mussolini as the sole authority was made clear and taught.
- - - - Married couples were given loans, which increased based on the number of children
      - Unmarried men were taxed more the longer they remained unmarried
      - Married men with 6+ children were exempt from income tax
    - - Prevented women from working outside the home
      - Reinforced traditional gender roles
      - Outlawed abortion and birth control