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-Mussolini showed his disobedience and violence at an early age.
-He was expelled from school twice for his behavior.
-He had a short temper and stabbed a fellow classmate with a penknife.
-These events show early signs of his violence and ruthlessness.

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Mussolini made an agreement with the Pope called Lateran Agreement which made the Vatican an independent state and that gained him a lot of strong Catholic supporters he then started to practice fascist actions by doing stuff like censoring the press, created fascist school systems, created a fascist minded air force, and etc.

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Mussolini joined the Italian army in 1915 and fought on the front lines he became corporal before being wounded and discharged from the military.

After the war, Mussolini resumed his political activities, he got several right-wing groups into one single force and in March 1919 he formed a fascists party.

Mussolini created a para-military unit called the "Black Shirts." By 1922, Italy slipped into political chaos, Mussolini said only he could bring order and was given power. He gradually took all democratic institutions down and by 1925, he made himself dictator.

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-Mussolini promised Adolf Hitler that he would fight alongside him in any war against the democracies of the world

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Mussolini allied with Hitler to help his dictatorship help support his power during WWII.

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After being imprisoned in 1904 in Italy when Mussolini came out, he became the editor of the organization's newspaper, Avanti which means "Forward", this gave him a larger megaphone and expanded his influence.

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The original symbol of fascism in Italy.  They were under this idea of Mussolini. This is how he rose to power in WWI.