Which of the following individuals is credited with the creation of the idea
of "fascism?"
A. Harry S. Truman
B. Adolf Hitler
C. Benito Mussolini

The answer is C. Benito Mussolini.

Explanation:

Fascism is a political ideology and mass movement that dominated many parts of central, southern, and eastern Europe between 1919 and 1945 and that also had adherents in western Europe, the United States, South Africa, Japan, Latin America, and the Middle East. Europe's first fascist leader, Benito Mussolini, took the name of his party from the Latin word fasces, which referred to a bundle of elm or birch rods (usually containing an axe) used as a symbol of penal authority in ancient Rome.

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