Mussolini: A Hero or A Traitor? Was Mussolini good or bad for Italy? Rowen Carlo Mallari Ms Dawn Goosen Humboldt Collegiate Institute History 20 (Period 2) December 08‚ 2011 Benito Mussolini‚ a hero who saved Italy when it was in need of a strong leader. A man who restored hope and united Italians to rise up for their country. The youngest prime minister of Italy who wanted the best for his own beloved country. A nationalistic man
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Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was born on July 29‚ 1883 in Predappio‚ Italy. His father was a blacksmith which meant Mussolini lived in the poor areas of Italy. He was named Benito after Mexican socialist reformer Benito Juarez. Because of how much his father was into socialism‚ Mussolini himself became a socialist further in his life. He became a teacher for a while but in 1902‚ left Italy to go live in Switzerland. This move of his was to avoid army service. While in Switzerland
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Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) 	Benito Mussolini was the fascist dictator of Italy for nearly 20 years. Benito was born at Dovia‚ a suburb of Predappio‚ in the northcentral part of Italy. His father‚ Alessando‚ was a blacksmith. And his mother‚ Rosa‚ was a schoolteacher. As a young man‚ Mussolini was a Socialist with revolutionary tendencies. He was expelled from 2 schools and later was in trouble with the authorities several times. In 1912 he became editor of the Socialist newspaper
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On July 29th of 1883‚ the Italian dictator‚ Benito Mussolini‚ was born. He was born in Dovia di Predappio‚ a small town in Italy to parents Alessandro and Rosa Mussolini; he was the eldest of the three siblings. Benito’s father was a blacksmith and socialist while his mother was a Catholic school teacher. Benito’s father had a great influence on his son’s ideologies. Benito and his father spent a lot of time together during his youth while he helped in blacksmithing and during this time is when he
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Benito Mussolini Born in Predappio Forli Italy on July 29th 1883. Died April 28th 1945 in Giulino di Mezzegra Italy at the Age of 61. Slide 2 Benito Mussolini got his name from the Mexican Revolutionary Benito Juarez Benito’s mother Rosa was a elementary school teacher. Early in Benito’s life‚ he looked up to his father Alessandro who was a blacksmith‚ and was actively involved in the local politics. Benito helped his father work as a blacksmith‚ and in doing so‚ he gained many of his father’s
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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
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Timeline of Benito Mussolini’s life. 1883- 29th July‚ Benito was born in Italy 1901- Benito had a difficult childhood and was expelled twice but aced all his exams‚ Mussolini gets a teaching diploma. 1902- became committed socialist and immigrated to Switzerland. Gained reputation as Journalist and Public speaker. 1904- moves back to Italy and goes into the army for the two years of compulsory national service. 1906- Becomes a journalist again‚ gets arrested and imprisoned a
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Ben Hubbard Thur: 6:30PM Benito Mussolini‚ the founder of Fascism in 1919‚ was the prominent leader of Italy from 19221943. His rule came from the fact that he‚ and the Black Shirts‚ a group of organized jobless war veterans‚ went to Rome when Italy was beginning to fail politically. He talked and created an image that he was the only man fit of restoring Italy. He was finally able to form a government with King Victor Emmanuel’s permission‚ however‚ he slowly began to dismantle the Italian democratic government and
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Benito Mussolini The new state of Italy was far from being a great success in the years before 1914. The First World War left the Italian economy crippled and her treatment by the Treaty of Versailles did not help at all. Between 1919 and 1922 there were five different governments in Italy‚ all of which were useless in taking action to what was needed. Benito Mussolini was born in 1883. Before the start of WW1‚ he had been a socialist journalist. He left the socialist party and started
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In a fascist state‚ there is a one party authoritarian dictatorship that attempts to control every aspect of the lives of its citizens. Benito Mussolini and his Fascist National Party were relatively successful in establishing fascism within Italy from 1924 to 1943. With the help of Mussolini’s “secret police” (the OVRA)‚ the Fascist National Party-- the “black shirts”-- controlled the economic‚ political‚ and social aspects of society in Italy. One of the many social aspects that was controlled
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