italy

ITALY 1915-1925

ITALY 1896-1915

FOREIGN POLICY OF MUSSOLINI 1922-43

economic boom 1896-1912

FASCIST ITALY 1925-1943

challenges of socialism and nationalism

social and economic problems

foreign policy

problems with the unification

no support from the masses, the pope didnt recognise the unification, there were different currencies, weights and measures, different dialects and 70% of the south was illiterate

appeal of fascism

occupation of fiume

consequences of WW1

1921 electoral pact

WW1

march on rome and what it led to

murder of matteotti

economic policy

social policy

relations w the church

jewish policy

propaganda and image of duce

corporate state

abyssian war and the spanish civil war

pact of steel

locarno and kellog briand pact

corfu incident

entry into the second world war

aims of foreign policy

failures in africa

  • NORTH AND SOUTH DIVIDE, the north was majorly industrialised whereas the south was ignored and didnt feel part of italy as well as this, the south was suffering with malnutrition and malaria
    HOWEVER
  • gov expenditure increased until 1907 which improved farming, roads and drinking water as quinine was also supplied
  • GDP grew 2.8% annually as from 1900-10 6 million italians left but kept sending money
  • by 1912 italy was producing more electricity than france
  • SBF grew from 6000 to 130,000 tonnes
  • italioans grew richer by 2.1%

NATIONALISM - to identify with ones country and for all people to identify as one