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Question
Select the option that shows the correct relationship between Statements (I) and (II).
(I) The threat of Socialism and Communism created conditions conducive to the growth of Fascism in Italy.
(II) People demanded powerful leadership to put an end to the lawlessness and insecurity created by the communists.
Options
(II) contradicts (I).
(II) is the reason for (I).
(I) is true, but (II) is false.
(I) and (II) are independent of each other.
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Solution
(II) is the reason for (I).
Explanation:
After World War I, fear of socialism and communism, strikes, factory occupations, and peasant land seizures created insecurity; people and industrialists demanded a strong leader to restore order and stability, which Mussolini’s Fascists exploited to win support and seize power, promising peace and economic recovery.
