https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9 Karina Larochelle, TJ O’Connell, Abhinav Govindaraju en-us 2020-09-18 16:50:43 UTC 2020-09-22 02:23:41 UTC hello@padlet.com 9959080 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/759589079 2020-09-18 17:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/759589079 9964100 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/759589402 2020-09-18 17:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/759589402 9959080 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/759589985 2020-09-18 17:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/759589985 9964100 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/759590578 2020-09-18 17:03:39 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/759590578 9959080 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/759592988 2020-09-18 17:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/759592988 9964100 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/759624909 2020-09-18 17:11:24 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/759624909 9963022 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766252885 During WWI, Italy was heavily dependent on other countries for resources, and had a relatively large trade deficit.]]> 2020-09-21 23:25:35 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766252885 9963022 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766267129 2020-09-21 23:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766267129 9963022 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766270706 Mussolini raised tariffs on imported goods in order to help the growth of Italian industries, particularly the grain industry.]]> 2020-09-21 23:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766270706 9963022 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766296386 2020-09-21 23:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766296386 9963022 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766297144 Fascists constructed motorways and electrified 5000 km of railway. The heavy investment in the railway industry popularized the use of trains as a means of transport.]]> 2020-09-21 23:56:51 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766297144 9963022 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766308822 The mutilated victory after WWI tore Italy apart; they needed a sense of unity and national pride.]]> 2020-09-22 00:04:02 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766308822 9963022 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766315205 Mussolini sought to show that Italy was a major power by proving the capability of Italy's agricultural industry. Wheat production went up 100% between 1922-1939, and Italy nearly became self-sufficient in cereal production by 1940.]]> 2020-09-22 00:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766315205 9963022 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766330262 Southern landowners were expected to comply with Mussolini's demands to give up their land in order to increase the amount of land dedicated to agriculture. However, they made it very difficult for Mussolini to get the land he wanted. 

Mussolini also tried to establish a prosperous landowning peasantry, but due to the hard conditions of the countryside, this was unsuccessful.]]> 2020-09-22 00:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766330262 9963022 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766335455 There was significant government intervention in the agriculture industry. Fascism encouraged Italians to leave the dirty, polluted, city and move to the clean life of the rural farm.]]> 2020-09-22 00:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766335455 9959080 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766382303 The Italian government focused on helping the businesses by preserving the current state rather than trying to reorganize and make strides. There was a big slump in the entire world industry due to the 1929 stock market crash. The depression led to tons more of government intervention in every day businesses.]]> 2020-09-22 00:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766382303 9959080 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766402193 Dealing with lots of adversity in the economic slump, the Fascists did a lot to help the industry in Italy. They encouraged price-fixing, cartels, and created larger wage cuts. They even created a program, IRI, the Institute for Industrial Reconstruction. The IRI went on to own 45 percent of steel production, 90 percent of ship building, and even owned 20 percent of all industry.]]> 2020-09-22 00:50:03 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766402193 9964100 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766515401 Before Mussolini came to power, the wealthy were happy with taxation because they were being reduced to further investment. Although the general populations taxes were being raised indirectly. Before Mussolini, it was a liberal government. At that point they were trying to reduce inflation by fixing the value of Lira. ]]> 2020-09-22 01:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766515401 9964100 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766533340 The wealthy became unhappy once everything started. Part of Mussolini's goals was to exploit the rich and he did this through taxation. He raised taxes 60% indirectly and 40% directly. When the wealthy asked for another government it was declined. ]]> 2020-09-22 01:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766533340 9964100 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766534333 Although the taxes were still high, in 1935 National Prices Committee controlled prices and inflation. ]]> 2020-09-22 01:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766534333 9964100 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766550515 State beuraucracy, prestige projects, help to industry, public works, welfare measurements, araments, wars]]> 2020-09-22 01:49:43 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766550515 9964100 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766568334 2020-09-22 01:56:34 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766568334 9964100 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766598404 2020-09-22 02:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766598404 9964100 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766600873 Keep power within the government to control spending. Each citizen would be responsible for providing resources. ]]> 2020-09-22 02:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766600873 9964100 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766608063 Depended on other countries for military funds during World War , which caused the country to go into debt. ]]> 2020-09-22 02:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766608063 9964100 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766622370 2020-09-22 02:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766622370 9964100 https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766629766 Just as the liberal government was doing, Mussolini also wanted to fix Lira because it was harming the middle class. By doing this he hoped to give more power to them and as a bonus help with foreign trade. ]]> 2020-09-22 02:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/9964100/wechchc4f8k86ok9/wish/766629766