Q&A: Mussolini's social policies

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  • Created on: 17-08-18 14:49
What was OND membership 1926-35?
300,000 - 2.4 million
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How many gold medals were won by Italy in 1932 Olympics? (sport used as propaganda)
12
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Which years did Italy win world cup? (sport used as propaganda)
1934, 1938
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What started being created 1938 onwards?
Fascist films, newsreels/documentaries
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How many registered individual radio sets were there 1932-8?
300,000 - 1 million
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What did Mussolini do to radios during WW2?
Expanded Italian radio outreach (2 million installed in schools, market places etc.)
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Did relative freedom of the press continue?
Independent newspapers were closed and their editors arrested.Repressive press laws were implemented and enforced, however some such as La Critica survived.
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What was the Press Law 1925? What was the consequence?
Only registered journalists could write for newspapers, and the Fascists controlled the register.This meant that political groups that opposed the Fascists could not communicate with potential anti-fascist supporters.
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Which famous anti-Fascist newspaper was banned 1925?
La Stampa
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What was the 1926 Public Security Decree?
gave the government-appointed provincial prefects the power to place under police supervision anyone perceived as a political threat
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What happened after the attempted assassination of Mussolini in 1926?
In addition to the repression carried out by OVRA,Special Tribunal set up to judge those thought to be danger to the state.
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How many suspects had OVRA collected intelligence of by 1939?
130,000
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How many members of OVRA?
50,000
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Which Fascist support anti-Semitic legislation?
Farinacci
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Which Fascist opposed anti-Semitic legislation?
Balbo
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How many Jewish PNF members had there been before 1938?
10,000
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Why did Mussolini begin supporting A-S legislation?
Influence of Hitler; Jewish anti-Fascist resistance (Justice and Liberty); other leading European Jews critical of Abyssinia (arguably feared their disloyalty for WW2)
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Give an example of how A-S legalisation was not consistently applied
There were exemptions for Italian Jews who had served in WWI.
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What was the effect of the 1943 A-S decree?
The confiscation of all Jewish property and rounding up of all Jews (for Holocaust).
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Were Italians ardent supporters of these policies?
No
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