By Laine Kendall, Evie Davis, Chuckie Page and Jake Labay, and Derrika Woods
Dr. Ernst, World History, 7th Period
The Italians, along with other Europeans, were tired of weak struggling governments and were willing to sacrifice their vote and voice for a strong leader. Benito Mussolini (1833-1945) was that strong leader. He was a far right socialist that promised his country a large and efficient military. Soon later he, in fact, built that army and called it the Black Shirts, whose motto was "I don't give a damn." The people liked him so much that 30,000 fascist supporters marched on Rome in 1922 and demanded King Victor Emmanuel III to put Mussolini in charge. "Fascism is not a church," Mussolini said after taking power comparing Fascism to Marxism, "It is more like a training ground." Mussolini gained power by abolishing all other political parties.