fascist social life 1926-1940

young people, women, catholic church

how did m help the clergy in 1923

raised their salaries

when was RS made compulsory in schools

1929

what did the Lateran Pacts, 1929 do

the pope recognised the state of Italy, with Rome as its capital; made Vatican City a separate state in Rome controlled by the pope; secured full Independence for the pope, allowed catholic youth groups to continue is they did not promote anything political, answered the Roman question

how much money was the church given as compensation for land lost at unification

750,000,000 lire and 1,000,000,000 lire in bonds

why was the 1 bil lire in bonds significant

because it made the church the largest holder of state bonds

what did the 1929 concordat show

Catholicism recognised as sole religion of the state, state veto over church, RS compulsory in schools, church marriage recognised by the state, church control of divorce, state acceptance of the existence of Catholic Action

what is Catholic Action

a body of Catholics that challenged fascist totalitarianism

how many members did Catholic Action have in the 1930s

over a million

what happened to the fascist ABoMilan in 1930

300 of his priest signed a letter stating good catholics would not accept fascism

what did the church say about fascist anti-semetic laws

publicly criticised and said it infringed on Christianity since some of the jews had converted to Christianity

what happened to the number of catholic marriages, priests, and church schools in the 1930s

they increased

how did the concordat help M publically

gained him popularity

how did the church support m in march 1929

the pope told Catholics to vote in favour of m’s dictatorship plebiscite and priests encouraged voting on the day of the vote

what were the issues with the Lateren Pact

allowed rivial youth group to the ONB to exist

hoe many members did the catholic youth groups have

1,000,000

what happened to religion in the 1930s

there was a religious revival b/ of all the religion in school etc - seen as the only non-fascist force in italy

what happened in 1931 with the PNF secretary and Catholic Action

acused CA of becoming too involved in youth sports therefore breaking the concordat, sent police raids to AC associations, pope responded with a strong attack on the PNF in his encyclical, m responded and resolved with the pope that AC could not do children’s sport

what was the popes 1931 anti-fascist encyclical called

non abbiamo bisogno (we do not need to tell \[no need to recall the events on why the pope does not support fascism\])

what did m and the pope discuss in feb 1932

reaffirm views on society and women, mutual hatred of soviets

how did m want the to population to change

40 million to 60 million

what happened to the birth rate 1925 to 1941

fell

what was the limits placed on working women

only 10% of state jobs could be held by women and with a lower wage

how many women went to uni 1914 compared to 1938

6% to 15%

what was introduced to families in 1930

family allowances and marriage loans

how many members did ONB have in its first year

1927 had 7 million members

how successful was the loyalty oath

11/1260 professors agreed but this made weeding out non fascist teachers harder

how many history books were banned in school

1926 101/317

what lessons were introduced into schools

fascist culture and military lessons

when did RS become compulsory

1929 in all schools

what happened to the teachers association in 1931

merged with fascist association

how did the 1938 race laws affect schools

jews had to go to seperate schools and dismissal of jewish teachers, 1500 jews kicked out of schools