USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

[SOURCES]
____ was the dictator of Italy during WWII and also believed in fascism.

(A) Hitler

(B) ** Mussolini

(C) Roosevelt

(D) Churchill

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Benito Mussolini was an Italian political leader who became the fascist dictator of Italy from 1925 to 1945.

Concept note-2: -In Italy, Benito Mussolini used his charisma to establish a powerful fascist state. Benito Mussolini coined the term “fascism” in 1919 to describe his political movement.

Concept note-3: -Right: Born in 1883, Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini founded Italy’s National Fascist Party-harnessing a growing sense of nationalism and populism in the country. Mussolini’s name is still often invoked in the country as a brutal dictator though some still revere him as a hero.

Concept note-4: -The death of Benito Mussolini on April 28, 1945 was characterized “A fitting end to a wretched life, ” by The New York Times.

Concept note-5: -Italian fascism (Italian: fascismo italiano), also known as classical fascism or simply fascism, is the original fascist ideology as developed in Italy by Giovanni Gentile and Benito Mussolini.