Fascist Society 1926-40

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What was the Cult of Il Duce?
Mussolini's Portrayal as being super human and the saviour of Italy
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Why did the Cult help him?
Italy had needed a strpng leader for a long time
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By what year had opposition newspapers been suppressed?
1926
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What happened to hostile journalists?
They were arrested or replaced
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What was given to favoured journalists/papers?
Grants
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What was forbidden from being reported?
Most crime, disasters, unemployment and disrder
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Who issues "correct" versions of events?
Mussolini's Press Office
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What did journalists have to join?
Fascist association
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What percentage of overall circulation did fascist newspapers have?
Never more than 10%
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From what year was the radio network state run?
1924
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How many radios were there in 1927?
40,000
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How many radios were there in 1938?
1 million
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What could people with private radios access?
Foreign channels like the BBC that werent controlled
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What did the government agency LUCE do?
Produced news reels and documentaries to be displayed before films in cinema
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What was the impact of ralllies?
Gave ppts a sense of belonging and collective identity
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What was the impact of sports?
Well encouraged, stadiums built.
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What was sent to the Italian football team in a rumour before the world cup 1938?
Win or die
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How did Mussolini use Italian History as a propaganda tool?
Cult of Rome, idea he wsa the new caesar
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Who did Mussolini appoint as education minister?
Gentile
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What was the illiteracy rate in 1921?
30
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How much did attendance drop in the first 4 years of fascist rule?
100000
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When did Gentile leave?
1924
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What was Mussolini's text book, used in every school?
Libro unico
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What did Mussolini describe the book as being there to do?
Mould children a real awareness of their duties as a fascist citizen
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What were teachers required to do?
Take an oath of loyalty to the regime
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What did the changes come under?
Bottai's 1939 school charter
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What new fascist courses were added to the curriculum?
Fascist culture and military training
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When was it compulsory to teach RE in elementary schools?
1923
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When was it compulsory to teach RE in secondary schools?
1929
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Whos portrait was in all classrooms?
Mussoloni
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What were all students given?
Notebook with Mussolini's face and a copy of the Life of Mussolini
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In 1926 how many out of 317 history books were banned?
101
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When was military education introduced into schools?
1935
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When was fascist culture lessons introduced?
1936
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When wsa antisemitism taught in schools?
1938
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When did teachers take an oath of loyalty?
1929
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How many out of 1250 proffessors refused to take an oath of loyalty?
11
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When were there radical laws to dissmiss jewish teachers and students?
1938
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What was Gentile's main achievement in office?
Grammar schools
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What did he fail to tackle?
Illiteracy rates and attendance
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When were teachers dissmissed for anti-fascist views?
1925
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When did the Teachers Union merge witht hte Fascist Association
1931
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What society di Mussolini have to prevent opposition?
Informer society
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How many deaths were attributed to the state?
400
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How many were in internal exile?
10000
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How many OVRA actions were there a week?
20000
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Who were the Roselli brothers?
Carlo and Nello
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How many years imprisonment was carlo sentenced for helping people escape to exile?
5 years on Lipari Island
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When did he escape?
1927 to paris
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What anti fascist group did Carlo set up in Paris?
GL, Justice and Liberty
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What did GL do?
Smuggled leaflets into Italy
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When were they both murdered?
1937
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Where and when was the Anti-Fascist Concentration set up?
France 1927
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Who was involved?
Socialists
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When did it dissolve for not being radical enough?
1934
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