1. Italy & The Great Depression Heidy Morales & Karina Pelayo Geovanny Perez & Frankie Tejeda Selina Guerrero & Yasmeen Solano

2. A Self-Sufficient Italy Food: Food: Wheat- Battle for Grain Wheat- Battle for Grain Population: Families encouraged to have large families Population: Families encouraged to have large families Land: agriculture Land: agriculture Lateran Accords: Vatican & Government Pact Lateran Accords: Vatican & Government Pact

3. Labor Unions (mid 1920s) Lost right to strike and pursue independent Economic Goals Lost right to strike and pursue independent Economic Goals All political parties banned except fascists. All political parties banned except fascists. NO UNIONS!

4. Institute for Industrial Reconstruction January 1933 January 1933 Took over bank controlled companies Took over bank controlled companies Italy= strongest industrial sector Italy= strongest industrial sector Government+ Companies Government+ Companies Purpose: Purpose: Reconstructing Reconstructing Modernizing Modernizing Rationalizing Rationalizing

5. Corporatism Fascists used Corporatism as a form of combining socialism and a liberal laissez-faire system Corporation: gives government money Government: solves disputes within corporation and workers Chamber of Corporations took over Chamber of Deputies

6. Mussolini’s use of Terror Totalitarianism Totalitarianism Terrorist Squads Terrorist Squads Militarism Militarism