Mussolini famously said, when asked to define The State: “The State, it is me!”

The “Fascist Medicine” was what?

Mussolini was fortunate in that the Italian politicians were….

Who is most responsible for the military NOT stopping Mussolini in his “March on Rome” and then inviting Mussolini into the cabinet?

This ministry — run by the fascists — controlled the police, meaning fellow fascists were not going to get into trouble with the police. 

By August 1922, the Socialists were fed up with fascist violence and reacted with a general strike.  Ironically, this permitted the formerly disorderly fascists to do what?

When offered a Cabinet post, Mussolini refused and held out for prime minister to become, in fact, Italy’s youngest prime minister at the time. 

Mussolini volunteered to fight with the Italian Army in World War I.

One significant problem with the Italian Parliament was that it had no majority party.  It was therefore forced to create this kind of weak government that led to Mussolini’s rise to power.

This term, borrowed from Ethiopia, referred to the semi-independent local leaders of the various fascisti.