more motes on the Kingdom of Italy

• Italy was neutral at the start of the second world war but it declared war on France and Britain on June 10, 1940
• Italy attacked Greece October 28, 1940
• In May 1943 Benito Mussolini was arrested and the army chief of staff Marshal Badoglio was made Prime Minister when Anglo-Americans began to enter Sicily

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Kingdom_of_Italy_(1861%E2%80%931946)

Kingdom of Italy Notes

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy_(1861%E2%80%931946):

• 1922-1943 Benito Mussolini is dictator of Italy, known as Facist Italy
• Italy was allied with Nazi Germany until 1943
• for the last 2 years of WWII Italy removed Mussolini from power, banned the Facist Party, and joined the Allies
• the Italian Social Republic, lead by Benito Mussolini, was the only small country left fighting the Allies for Nazi Germany
• in 1946 after the war, the Italian Constitutional Referendum was established, and it was to decide whether the Kingdom of Italy would stay as a monarchy or become a republic
• Italy gained territory in Slovenia and in Dalmatia
• they abandoned these newfound borders after WWII to establish the borders which are the sam as present day Italy's
• during the war Italy had multiple puppet states such as present day Somalia, Libya, Eritrea, etc.

Triangle Factory Fire

1) This disaster is quite terrible indeed, and i believe that it is the fault of the employer of the factory for not supplying the factory with an effective fire escape. I deeply mourn for those who died in this tragedy and for the families who lost loved ones. I believe that this day should be set to remember all those who died in this accident and let it be an example to factory owners everywhere, that they should all have effective fire escapes in their factories.



2)The event of the Triangle Factory Fire and the aftermath ties into our learning of the Progressive Era because the Progressive Era is all about different classes of working people wanting and fighting for change, and the people who reacted to this event in the favor of those injured survivors and to the families who lost loved ones show that they want a change with the way that factories are run, etc.

unions had no success

unions had no success in improving the economic and social position of U.S workers during the 1871-1900 time period for multiple reasons. first off, they were already low class people, so most citizens looked down upon the workers. the workers image wasn't helped when they started to go on strike because their employers were cutting wages and not giving them less work hours. so this caused the "normal" citizens to fear them. also, these constant strikes didn't help the workers economically because the employers would just hire scab workers to do the work for low wages and no complaints. because of the scab workers, the point of the strike becomes ineffective and the company still makes money while the workers don't. so, because of the unions constant striking, the workers are made to look like savages which doesn't help them socially, and scab workers negate the effectiveness of the strike by making the workers lose money and the companies still gain money which didn't help the union workers economically