WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1922 Mussolini led a coalition of fascist leaders to Rome and forced the king to yield the government. Mussolini was appointed prime minister. By 1925 he had dismantled Italy’s democratic government and, acting as a dictator, declared himself Il Duce ("The Leader").

Detailed explanation-2: -He declared all political parties illegal except for his own Fascist Party. He outlawed labor unions and strikes. He also established a political police force, the Organization for Vigilance and Repression of Antifascism. A Fascist Grand Council rubber-stamped Mussolini’s decrees and made parliament irrelevant.

Detailed explanation-3: -Economic Collapse Fear plagued the citizens who had just witnessed the horrors of war. Their entire society was crumbling down around them. Any time fear feeds on the people, an opportunity arises for systems of government to step in that can go to the extreme as in totalitarianism.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1922, the Fascists marched on Rome to command the government to make changes. This resulted in the king giving Mussolini power over Italy. Mussolini suppressed rival parties, muzzled the press, rigged elections, and gave the Fascist party power. He also recognized the Vatican city as an independent state.