Evaluate whether Italian fascism was a revolutionary movement or a traditional one.
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Describe one of these in 2-3 sentences and connect it to the prompt - a passing mention won't earn the point.
Pick one, explain it specifically, and use it to support your argument.
Italian fascism presented itself as a revolutionary movement, using new mass organizations, modern propaganda and a one-party state, but in practice it was largely traditional, allying with the Church, the monarchy and big business and promoting conservative family roles for women.
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Mussolini gave his 1919 speech while founding a new movement that needed recruits from veterans and radicals, so his purpose explains its revolutionary tone - a tone the regime later softened once in power.
Do this for at least 2 documents to earn the sourcing point.
Show change over time (radical rhetoric in 1919 versus compromise with elites by the late 1920s), or compare Italian fascism with Nazi Germany's more thoroughly revolutionary racial program.
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