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How did Mussolini consolidate his power? When Mussolini gained the role of Prime Minister in 1922, he was faced with the major task of holding onto power. Just because the Fascists were popular didn't mean that another group would not organize a coup against them, much as they had done to the Liberals. Mussolini had to take urgent measures to stop this from happening, which he managed to achieve extremely effectively. Some of the steps he took in insuring his newfound power remained were to; rig the elections, set up a grand council, censorship was introduced, he assassinated key political rivals, and also cause the Avantines to walk out of government. He also introduced the Acerbo rule and kept his waves of violence maintained. The first thing he did though was to intimidate Gioletti into granting him emergency power for a year so he could stop the chaos in Italy at...

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