Benito Mussolini ruled Italy from 1922 to 1940 as Il Duce. He was inspired by the Roman Empire and consolidated power by controlling the media like newspapers, radio, and television. Mussolini modernized Italy through infrastructure projects but also instituted fascist laws that abolished civil liberties and democratic processes. He allied with Hitler in the 1930s and enacted racial laws against Jews. Mussolini's fascist regime was overthrown in 1943 when the Grand Council of Fascism voted to remove power from him and restore it to the king.

2. LEADER
 Benito Mussolini (1922 until 1940 )-
He was called Duca (Dux).
 the Roman Empire’s inspired him.
 democratic system. He made Italy
a democratic country. He
controlled the communication,
such as television, radio,
newspapers, the streets.

3. He made many good things for Italy:
 School;
 Buildings;
 Streets;
But he also made bad thinks:
 Led the people to war;
 Racial Laws;
 Fascist Laws.
THE EMPIRE CONTRIBUTION
TO THE COLONY

4. PROPAGANDA
Mussolini was a journalist, and he understood that to
get the power he could use the public media.

5.  Newspapers checked by a formal control.
 Mussolini bought most of the newspapers. Only two
were not controlled by him.
 Fascists Laws: fascists had to administer and check
newspaper and other public media

6. MUSSOLINI AND
HITLER
 1930, for reasons of economic development, Mussolini
allied with Hitler.
 Fascism and Nazism became very similar.
 Hitler let Mussolini commit many mistakes.
 Instituting racial laws against Jews.

7. FASCIST LAWS
 The Fascist Side was the only side allowed;
 The head of government was accountable only to the
king of Italy and no longer to the parliament, whose
function was thus reduced to a simple place of
representation;
 The Fascist Grand Council, chaired by Mussolini and
composed of various dignitaries of the regime, was the
supreme organ of the Fascist Side and then the State;
 All associations of citizens had to be subject to the
control of the police;

8.  The only recognized trade unions were those fascists;
 Strikes and lockouts were forbidden;
 The authorities appointed by the government replaced
the municipal and provincial elective abolished by law;
 All the press had to be censored.

9. PROBLEMS
 Extended the country, with colonies.
 War with the other country.
 Led kill people (Minority).

10. DOWNFALL
 Power back to the king
 25th July 1943 Grandi, Bottai and Ciano, presented an
order to the Grand Council of Fascism.
 The order was accept and from that the fascism fall.

11. THE ITALIAN EMPIRE:
FASCISM

12. THE ITALIAN EMPIRE

13. OPINION
I think that Mussolini did many good things. He
made new street, let go to school everyone, made beautiful
building, bridge and monuments. He had good ideas to
make Italy a batter place, but he had also bad ideas or he
made it in a bad way.

14. WHAT I HAVE
LEARNT
 Fascism and Nazism are really close but different.
Mussolini got some good ideas but he made it in the
wrong way.

16. REFERENCES
 http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascismo#La_caduta
 http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_Benito_Mussolini_use_Fascism_and_totalitar
ianism_to_rule_Italy#slide1
 http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110925152146AAj6ZFe
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Empire#Fascism_and_the_Italian_Empire_.28
1922.E2.80.931940.29
 http://www.itismarzotto.it/esperienze-eventi/fascismo/ilruolo.htm
 http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100215083510AAbpCib
 http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080523115300AAA5bXZ
 http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070622142057AAeGhiz

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