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Benito Mussolini - College Essays

Benito Mussolini

was born on July 29, 1883 in Predappio. The
son of a blacksmith he was largely self-educated. He became a
schoolteacher and a socialist journalist in northern Italy. In 1910
he married Rachele Guidi who bore his five children. Mussolini was
jailed in 1911 for his opposition to Italy’s war in Libya.

Soon after his release in 1912 he became editor of the

socialist newspaper in Milan, "Avanti!". When WWI began in 1914

Mussolini advocated Italy’s entrance into the war on the allied side

and was expelled from the socialist party. He then started his own

newspaper in Milan, Il Popolo d’Italia (The People of Italy) which

later became the origin of the ...

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The Fascist movement grew rapidly in the 1920’s,

spreading through the countryside where it’s Black Shirt Militia won

support of the land owners and attacked peasant leagues of Socialist

Supporters. To take advantage of the opportunity Fascism shed it’s

initial Republicanism gaining the support of the King and Army.

On October 28, 1922 Mussolini led his Fascist March on Rome.

Mussolini was immediately invited to form the Italian Government by

King Victor Emmanuel III. Although Mussolini was given extraordinary

powers to return order to Italy he governed constitutionally until

1924 after the violence of the 1924 elections resulting in the death

of Socialist party deputy Giacomo Mattoetti. Mussolini moved to

suspend constitutional government and establish a totalitarian

regime. He proceeded in stages to establish a dictatorship by

forbidding the parliament to initiate legislation, making him

responsible to the king alone. ...

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