(a)   Fascism in Italy · Part 3

above provisions was signed in . The Lateran Treaty Great Depression Years In the United States plunged into a great financial and commercial slump. The effect on the rest of the world was grave. By European trade and finance was totally paralysed. Though the Fascist government in Italy could boast of achievements during this period in the much publicised public works – new bridges, roads and canals, hospitals and schools – it could not solve the unemployment problem. By , when the collapse of the League of Nations had become complete, Mussolini in order to have an economic empire for Italy invaded Ethiopia. This was useful to divert attention away from the economic troubles. Mussolini’s success drew admiration from ruling classes elsewhere in Europe. Among them was a rising figure among nationalist, anti- Semitic circles in Munich: Adolf Hitler. Imperialism and its Onslaught