https://padlet.com/amsilverman/xwvm9drnpwe0 Mussolini became the 27th Prime Minister of Italy. But he quickly took power away from the government and made himself the dictator with total power. en-us 2020-01-24 16:02:18 UTC 2026-01-20 10:47:39 UTC hello@padlet.com amsilverman https://padlet.com/amsilverman/xwvm9drnpwe0/wish/437020117 In Italy, there was a lot of disappointment when they were unable to win over territory. there was a lot of unemployment and inflation which ultimately led to a lot of social unrest among the people. people began to doubt their democracy and their government all together to be able to help them in such a hard time. at this time of a low, Mussolini stepped in and helped italy to rebuild its economy and armed forces. as the conditions got worse, his popularity  continued to rise. Fascits began attacking communists on the street. using fear, Mussolini was able to win the respect and support from the aristocracy, middle classes, and industrial leaders. His followers marched to rome and demanded that the king made Mussolini in charge off the government. The king appointed him the 27th prime minister]]> 2020-01-28 15:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/amsilverman/xwvm9drnpwe0/wish/437020117 sojacobson https://padlet.com/amsilverman/xwvm9drnpwe0/wish/437020163 Mussolini had a secret police dressed in black shirts and ties. These squads had weapons like knives and guns. The group used terror and violence to enforce his policies. If someone didn't agree they would be killed or sent to jail. This secret police group would use extreme means in order to keep the control through fear. This is a picture of the Blackshirts. You can see they where very intimidating and carried a lot of fear.

]]> 2020-01-28 15:21:26 UTC https://padlet.com/amsilverman/xwvm9drnpwe0/wish/437020163 chspiegel1 https://padlet.com/amsilverman/xwvm9drnpwe0/wish/437024745 Sometimes the elections were a sham. Candidates would  manipulate people by damaging the campaigns against the other candidates. Mussolini was also the newspaper editor so he was able to be in control of what was being said to the public. If there was something that he either did not agree with, or did not want the public knowing, he had the power to change it.]]> 2020-01-28 15:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/amsilverman/xwvm9drnpwe0/wish/437024745 sojacobson https://padlet.com/amsilverman/xwvm9drnpwe0/wish/437030117 Mussolini wanted power so, in October of 1922, he marched his followers all the way to Rome. When he got there he demanded that the King hand over all power to Mussolini. The King agreed and gave power to the government to Mussolini. The king made him the 27th Prime minister of Italy. The Fascists were elected into the government and now Mussolini's party had full and total control over the government. This was a turning point because it was the moment that Mussolini officially had all the power in the Italian government and could have total control. This picture shows the march to Rome.

]]> 2020-01-28 15:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/amsilverman/xwvm9drnpwe0/wish/437030117 amsilverman https://padlet.com/amsilverman/xwvm9drnpwe0/wish/437031759 Mussolini used terror and fear to get what he wanted from his people. He would threaten the people with knives and guns, making the party unbeatable. They killed off and intimidated the entire socialist party. They made it so that opposing the government became illegal. citizens couldn't be a teacher, government employ, be a civil servant without being apart of the fascism party. ]]> 2020-01-28 15:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/amsilverman/xwvm9drnpwe0/wish/437031759 chspiegel1 https://padlet.com/amsilverman/xwvm9drnpwe0/wish/437062535 Mussolini would put all of the blame for the problems that Italy had on certain groups such as the Jews and different ethnic groups. His policies of discrimination caused multiple groups of people to be used as scapegoats and this would also influence other leaders such as Hitler to continue to treat these groups horribly in the future.]]> 2020-01-28 16:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/amsilverman/xwvm9drnpwe0/wish/437062535