Italian Foreign Policy

Post WWI

100

The side that Italy joined in WWI in pursuit of more land

Triple Entente

200

Italy considered the Versailles settlement as a mutilated victory because...

Italy's extreme sacrifice went unrewarded

300

3 issues that led Italians to turn to Fascism 

Lack of Italian National Identity

Relationship between Church and State 

Working- Class Issues

International Relations

100

Mussolini's initial attitude towards Hitler's Anschluss

Opposed it

200

The reasons Mussolini moved closer to Hitler

League of Nations Sanctions

Britain's breach of the Stresa Front

300

The agreements of the Stresa Front

Reaffirmation of the Locarno Treaty, Reaffirmation of Austria's Independence, Agreement not to breach the Treaty of Versailles 

1930s

100

Istituto Mobiliare Italiano did what? 

Provide financial support to banks and companies

200

The Effects of the Great Depression on the Italian economy

Drops in grain prices

High Unemployment

Industrial Decline

Bank of Italy's on the brink of bankruptcy

300

The event that ended the Stresa Front in Mussolini's eyes

Britain's breach of the Treaty of Versailles, signing the Anglo-German Agreement

Abyssinia

100

True or False: Britain and France heavily resisted Italy's Invasion of Abyssinia

False

200

2 Reasons why Italy invaded Abyssinia

Fascist ideology

Supports his regime and Il Duce

First Italy-Abyssinia War, 1896

Distraction from economic crisis

Territory for emigration

Export market

Oil

300

How did Italy start the war on Abyssinia

Unclear borders and the fight at Wal Wal Oasis

Continuity?

100

Mussolini's Ultimate Goal

To recreate the Roman Empire

200

The 3 main factors that affect Italian Foreign Policy in the 1930s

Fascism 

Domestic Economic Issues

Changing Diplomatic Alignments in Europe

300

How successful was Mussolini's goal in dominating the Balkans and the Mediterranean in the 1930s? 

Invasion of Abyssinia; successful, until taken by Britain in 1941 in WWII

Invasion of Albania; succesful