March 20th - March 23rd

m- Movie Summary/ Intro to Italy 

t- Short Day - Italy 

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f- NO SCHOOL 

Italy 

  • Italy after WWI didn't feel like the winners they didn't gain the Land they wanted 
  • Benito Mussolini 
    • Catholic - Hater
    • Pacifist
    • Socialist
  • Washington Naval Conference 
    • 5 Power Pact 
      • Signed by Great Britain, The US, Japan, France and Italy 
      • Designed to prevent an arm's race 
      • It limited the construction of battleships, battle cruisers and air craft carriers 
      • Didn't restrict cruisers, destroyers or submarines 
    • 9 Power Pact
      • Guaranteed Chinese independence and upheld the Open Door Policy 
      • Signed by US, Great Britain, Japan, China, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal 
  • March on Rome 
    • A March by Mussolini to gain power of Italy 
  • Mussolini and the Catholic Church 
    • In 1929, the Lateran Accords were Signed 
      • Gave the Vatican specific territories in Rome 
      • Catholicism became the state religion 
      • Separation of the church and state was stopped 
  • Fascism in Italy 
    • A government led by a strong dictator 
    • Stresses strong nationalism, militarism, and imperialism 
    • Uses intimidation to get what they want 
  • Battle in Ethiopia 
    • Battle of Aduwa 
      • Mussolini wanted to gain Ethiopia to link the the Italian run land on both sides 
        • League of Nations sanctions began
          • Arm Embargo, financial embargo, non-importation of Italian goods
        • FDR  signed the 1936 Neutrality Act
          • Ban on Loans to countries in war
          • Mandatory arms embargo with warring nations
        • Italy inevitably annexes all Ethiopia later
  • Generalissimo Francisco Franco and the Spanish Civil War
    • Hitler and Mussolini send troops and weapons to help Franco win the civil war against the communists
    • This served as an important training ground for Hitler's and Mussolini's troops 
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